Academic Publications
RegenPGC Team members are in bold text.
2024
- Meyering, Bryce. (2024). RegenPGC View: Semantic Segmentation of Perennial Groundcover Cropping Systems to Restore American Croplands. [M.s. Practicum Project, Georgia Institute of Technology] https://www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-10-07-Bo-Meyering-Thesis.pdf
- Bartel, Cynthia A., Jacobs, Keri L., Moore, Kenneth J., & Raman, D.Raj. (2024). Anticipatory technoeconomic evaluation of Kentucky Bluegrass-based perennial groundcover implementations in large-scale Midwestern US corn production systems. Sustainability, 2024, 16(16), 7112. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16167112. Open access.
- Myers-Bailey, Gabrielle (2024). Analysis and Assessment of Novel Food, Bioenergy, and Cropping Systems: Cultured Meat, Anaerobic Digestion, and Perennial Groundcover Analysis and Assessment of Novel Food, Bioenergy, and Cropping Systems: Cultured Meat, Anaerobic Digestion, and Perennial Groundcover. [Doctoral Dissertation, Iowa State University]. PROQUEST Repository and https://www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gabrielle-Myers-Thesis.pdf.
- Rockson, Philip, E. (2024). Visualization of agricultural field operations [Master’s thesis, Iowa State University]. PROQUEST Repository and https://www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Rockson-Visualization_of_Agricultural_.pdf. Available Jun. 5, 2026.
- Topping, Kaila. (2024). Simulation of the water balance in a perennial groundcover corn intercrop with the STICS crop model [Master’s thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison]. https://www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Topping-Agroecology-Thesis.pdf
2023
- Miller-Klugesherz, Jacob A. & Matthew R. Sanderson. (2023). Good for the soil, but good for the farmer? Addiction and recovery in transitions to regenerative agriculture. J. of Rural Studies, 103, 103123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103123
2022
- Bartel, Cynthia A.**, Archontoulis, Sotirios V., Lenssen, Andrew W., Moore, Kenneth J., Huber, Isaiah L., Laird, David A., & Dixon, Philip M. (2020). Modeling perennial groundcover effects on annual maize grain crop growth with APSIM. Agronomy Journal, 112, 1895–1910. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20108.
- Bartel, Cynthia A., Moore, Kenneth J., Fei, Shuizhang, Lenssen, Andrew, Hintz, Roger L., & Kling, Samantha M. (2022). Evaluating strip and no-till maintenance of perennial groundcovers for annual grain production. Crops, 2, 268-287 https://doi.org/10.3390/crops2030020. OPEN ACCESS
- Galland, Patrick. (2022). The effects of perennial groundcover on soil-water and nutrient dynamics in maize intercropping systems. [Master’s thesis, Iowa State University]. https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/entities/publication/5a7b6c8a-8608-4435-83bb-35d899600a3d
- Kimmelshue, Chad L., Goggi, Susana, & Moore, Kenneth J. (2022). Seed Size, Planting Depth, and a Perennial Groundcover System Effect on Corn Emergence and Grain Yield. Agronomy 12(2), 437. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020437. OPEN ACCESS
- Kimmelshue, Chad, Goggi, Susana, & Moore, Kenneth J. (2022). Single plant grain yield in corn (Zea mays L.) based on emergence date, seed size, sowing depth, and plant to plant distance. Crops 2, 62–86. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops2010006
OTHER PERENNIAL GROUND COVER ARTICLES
These articles precede RegenPGC USDA-NIFA funding but provide background information on the perennial ground cover concept. Current RegenPGC team members are indicated in bold text.
- Schlautman, Brandon, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Bartel, Cynthia A., Fei, Shuizhang, Flynn, Scott, Haramoto, Erin R., Moore, Kenneth J., & Raman, D.Raj. (2021). Perennial groundcovers: an emerging technology for soil conservation and the sustainable intensification of agriculture. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 5, 337-347. https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20200318.
- Bartel, Cynthia A.**, Archontoulis, Sotirios V., Lenssen, Andrew W., Moore, Kenneth J., Huber, Isaiah L., Laird, David A., & Dixon, Philip M. (2020). Modeling perennial groundcover effects on annual maize grain crop growth with APSIM. Agronomy Journal, 112, 1895–1910. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20108.
- Moore, Kenneth J., Anex, Robert P., Elobeid, Amani E., Fei, Shuizhang, Flora, Cornelia B., Goggi, A. Susana, Jacobs, Keri L., Jha, Prashant, Kaleita, Amy L., Karlen, Doug L., Laird, David A., Lenssen, Andrew W., Lübberstedt, Thomas, McDaniel, Marshall D., Raman, Raj, & Weyers, Sharon L. (2019). Regenerating agricultural landscapes with perennial groundcover for intensive crop production. Agronomy, 9, 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9080458.
- Banik, Chumki, Bartel, Cynthia A., Laird, David A., Moore, Kenneth J., & Lenssen, Andrew W. (2019). Perennial cover crop influences soil C and N and maize productivity. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 116, 135-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-019-10030-3.
- Bartel, Cynthia A., Banik, Chumki, Lenssen, Andrew W., Moore, Kenneth J., Laird, David A., Archontoulis, Sotirios V., & Lamkey, Kendall R. (2017). Living mulch for sustainable maize stover biomass harvest. Crop Science, 57, 3273-3290. doi:10.2135/cropsci2017.04.0232
- Bartel, Cynthia A., Banik, Chumki, Lenssen, Andrew W., Kenneth J. Moore, David A. Laird, Sotirios V. Archontoulis & Kendall R. Lamkey. (2017). Establishment of perennial groundcovers for maize-based bioenergy production systems. Agronomy Journal, 109, 822-835. doi:10.2134/agronj2016.11.0656
- Flynn, Ernest S., Kenneth J. Moore, Singer, Jeremy W., & Lamkey, Kendall R. (2013). Evaluation of grass and legume species as perennial ground covers in maize production. Crop Science, 53, 611–620. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2011.06.0306
- Wiggans, Dustin. R., Singer, Jeremy W., Moore, Kenneth J., & Lamkey, Kendall R. (2012). Response of continuous maize with stover removal to living mulches. Agronomy Journal, 104, 917–925. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2011.0395.
- Wiggans, Dustin. R., Singer, Jeremy W., Moore, Kenneth J., & Lamkey, Kendall R.(2012). Maize water use in living mulch systems with stover removal. Crop Science, 52, 327-338. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2011.06.0316.