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36
Citations
4586
World Ranking
4913
National Ranking
1214

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Agronomy
  • Agriculture
  • Ecology

Karen A. Renner mostly deals with Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Foxtail and Lambsquarters. Her work on Agronomy deals in particular with Glyphosate and Sowing. She works mostly in the field of Weed, limiting it down to topics relating to Panicum and, in certain cases, Poaceae, Canopy, No-till farming, Growing season and Plough, as a part of the same area of interest.

Her Weed control research incorporates elements of Animal science, Dormancy, Tillage and Botany. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil conservation, Tilth and Soil seed bank in addition to Foxtail. Karen A. Renner has researched Lambsquarters in several fields, including Setaria faberi, Agriculture, Crop and Seedling.

Her most cited work include:

  • Weed Seedbanks of the U.S. Corn Belt: Magnitude, Variation, Emergence, and Application (158 citations)
  • Weed seedbank and community shifts in a long-term cropping systems experiment (126 citations)
  • Effect of Soil pH on Imazaquin and Imazethapyr Adsorption to Soil and Phytotoxicity to Corn (Zea mays) (119 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Lambsquarters and Foxtail. Her Agronomy study is mostly concerned with Glyphosate, Sowing, Dry weight, Cover crop and Chenopodium. Her study in the fields of Setaria faberi under the domain of Weed overlaps with other disciplines such as Ambrosia artemisiifolia.

Her Weed control study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cultivar, Crop yield, Horticulture, Gross margin and Pesticide. Her biological study deals with issues like Acifluorfen, which deal with fields such as Lactofen and Bentazon. In her study, Botany is strongly linked to Soil water, which falls under the umbrella field of Foxtail.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (86.02%)
  • Weed (44.09%)
  • Weed control (38.71%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Agronomy (86.02%)
  • Cover crop (9.68%)
  • Weed (44.09%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Cover crop, Weed, Sowing and Crop. Her study in Agronomy concentrates on Glyphosate and Yield. Her Weed research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Agroecosystem, Agriculture, Foxtail, Germination and Weed control.

Her research brings together the fields of Lambsquarters and Foxtail. Her Sowing research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Thlaspi arvense, Crop rotation and Red Clover. Her work in the fields of Cropping system overlaps with other areas such as Seed predation.

Between 2012 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Cover Crop Impact on Nitrogen Availability and Dry Bean in an Organic System (21 citations)
  • Annual Postdispersal Weed Seed Predation in Contrasting Field Environments (17 citations)
  • Late-Season Weed Management to Stop Viable Weed Seed Production (11 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

Her primary areas of study are Agronomy, Foxtail, Weed, Crop and Red Clover. The concepts of her Agronomy study are interwoven with issues in Soil fertility and Soil conditioner. Her Soil fertility study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Tillage and Organic farming.

Her research integrates issues of Cover crop, Crop rotation and Sowing in her study of Red Clover. Karen A. Renner combines subjects such as Old field, Cropping system and Predation with her study of Weed control. Her studies deal with areas such as Glyphosate and Germination as well as Anthesis.

Best Publications

  • Weed Seedbanks of the U.S. Corn Belt: Magnitude, Variation, Emergence, and Application

    Frank Forcella;Robert G. Wilson;Karen A. Renner;Jack H. Dekker

  • Weed seedbank and community shifts in a long-term cropping systems experiment

    Adam S. Davis;Karen A. Renner;Katherine L. Gross

  • Weed seed bank emergence across the Corn Belt

    Frank Forcella;Robert G. Wilson;Jack Dekker;Robert J. Kremer

  • Effect of Soil pH on Imazaquin and Imazethapyr Adsorption to Soil and Phytotoxicity to Corn (Zea mays)

    K. A. Renner;W. F. Meggitt;D. Penner

  • Post-dispersal weed seed predation in Michigan crop fields as a function of agricultural landscape structure.

    Fabián D Menalled;Paul C Marino;Karen A Renner;Douglas A Landis

  • Feeding Preferences of Weed Seed Predators and Effect on Weed Emergence

    Sharon S. White;Karen A. Renner;Fabian D. Menalled;Douglas A. Landis

  • Effect of Fertilizer Nitrogen on Weed Emergence and Growth

    Amy E. Sweeney;Karen A. Renner;Carrie Laboski;Adam Davis

  • Interaction of glyphosate with postemergence soybean (Glycine max) herbicides

    Julie M. Lich;Karen A. Renner;Donald Penner

  • Chemical and physical defense of weed seeds in relation to soil seedbank persistence

    Adam S. Davis;Brian J. Schutte;James Iannuzzi;James Iannuzzi;Karen A. Renner

  • Effect of Soybean Row Width and Population on Weeds, Crop Yield, and Economic Return

    Dana B. Harder;Christy L. Sprague;Karen A. Renner

  • Pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) varietal tolerance to imazethapyr.

    Troy A. Bauer;Karen A. Renner;Donald Penner;James D. Kelly

  • Redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) interference in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum).

    Mark J. Vangessel;Karen A. Renner

  • Weed control using reduced rates of postemergence herbicides in narrow and wide row soybean

    James A. Mickelson;Karen A. Renner

  • Environmental factors affecting seed persistence of annual weeds across the U.S. corn belt

    Adam S. Davis;John Cardina;Frank Forcella;Gregg A. Johnson

  • Effect of Glyphosate Application Timing and Row Spacing on Corn (Zea mays) and Soybean (Glycine max) Yields1

    Caleb D. Dalley;James J. Kells;Karen A. Renner

  • Weed management in wide- and narrow-row glyphosate resistant soybean.

    Kelly A. Nelson;Karen A. Renner

  • Response of Soybean to Combinations of Clomazone, Metribuzin, Linuron, Alachlor, and Atrazine

    Frederick P. Salzman;Karen A. Renner

  • Response of Selected Weed Species to Postemergence Imazethapyr and Bentazon

    Troy A. Bauer;Karen A. Renner;Donald Penner

  • Effect of Glyphosate Application Timing and Row Spacing on Weed Growth in Corn (Zea mays) and Soybean (Glycine max) 1

    Caleb D. Dalley;James J. Kells;Karen A. Renner

  • Weed seed mortality in soils with contrasting agricultural management histories

    Adam S. Davis;Kathleen I. Anderson;Steven G. Hallett;Karen A. Renner

  • Monogenic dominant sulfonylurea resistance in sugarbeet from somatic cell selection

    Joseph W. Saunders;George Acquaah;Karen A. Renner;William P. Doley

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald Penner
Donald Penner Michigan State University
Adam S. Davis
Adam S. Davis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James J. Kells
James J. Kells Michigan State University
John Cardina
John Cardina The Ohio State University
Scott M. Swinton
Scott M. Swinton Michigan State University
Bruno Basso
Bruno Basso Michigan State University
Frank Forcella
Frank Forcella Agricultural Research Service
Raymond Hammerschmidt
Raymond Hammerschmidt Michigan State University
Douglas D. Buhler
Douglas D. Buhler Michigan State University
William G. Johnson
William G. Johnson Purdue University West Lafayette

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