Dr. Alison Robertson
Position
- Professor - Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
- Field Pathologist - Extension and Outreach
Research Area
Area of Expertise
- Disease Management of Field Crops
Affiliations
- Iowa State University
Projects
- Optimizing Planting Methods for Cover Crops Before Corn: Comparison of Precision Planting and Strip Tillage to Achieve Nutrient Loss Reduction and Maintain Yield (2025)
- Effect of Winter Cereal Rye Cultivar Selection and Herbicide Choice on Seedling Disease, Pathogen Populations, Nitrogen Dynamics and Growth and Yield of Corn - Year 3 (2025)
- Effect of winter cereal rye cultivar selection and herbicide choice on seedling disease, pathogen populations, nitrogen dynamics and growth and yield of corn (2023)
- Can adjustments to nitrogen rates reduce corn yield drag and disease implications following a cereal rye cover crop? (2023)
- Assessing the effectiveness of spatial and temporal separation of a cereal rye cover crop from corn on nutrient reduction and corn yield (2022)
- Benefits of winter cereal rye cultivar selection in mitigating corn yield drag (2022)
- Furthering our understanding of the interaction of cereal rye allelochemicals with Pythium species and their impact on corn in the cereal rye-corn production system (2021)
- Furthering Understanding of the Role of Cereal Rye Allelochemicals in the Cereal Rye-Corn Production System (2019)
- Mitigating Reduced Yields of Corn Following a Winter Rye Cover Crop: What Role Does Allelopathy Play? (2019)
- Improving Cereal Rye Cover Crop BMPs to Increase Adoption of Cover Crops by Iowa Farmers (2018)
- Influence of Spatial Planting Arrangement of a Winter Cereal Rye Cover Crop on Corn Productivity (2018)
- Corn Management Following Cereal Rye Cover Crop with Strip Tillage and In-Row Fertilization (2018)
- Cover Crops Influence Nutrient Cycling, Yield and Diseases of Corn and Soybean (2015)
- Investigating Causes of Corn Yield Decreases Following Cereal Rye Winter Cover Crop (2013)