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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Agronomy and Horticulture

The Science and Application of Plants to Sustain and Enhance Human Life

Kenneth P. Vogel

Professor (Adjunct),
Research Geneticist and Research Leader, USDA-ARS
Forage breeding

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DEGREES:

  • B.S., Agronomy, Colorado State University, 1965
  • M.S., Agronomy, Colorado State University, 1967
  • PhD., Agronomy/Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Nebraska, 1974

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Breeding, genetics, and management of perennial grasses for use in forage, livestock, or biomass energy production systems or for conservation in the Central Great Plains and the Midwest states.

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

  1. Develop perennial cool- and warm-season perennial grasses and legumes and associated management practices for use in establishing or restoring grazed grasslands.
  2. Develop perennial grasses, with emphasis on switchgrass, and associated management practices for use in biomass energy crop production systems.
  3. Develop basic and applied information on the genetic and physiological mechanisms controlling grass herbage and biomass yield and quality that could be utilized to improve these traits via breeding and management research (Objectives 1 and 2).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Vogel, K.P., P.E. Reece, D.D. Baltsenberger, G. Schuman, R.A. Nicholson. 2005. Registration of 'Beefmaker Intermediate Wheatgrass'. Crop Sci. 45:414-415.

  • Vogel, K.P., D. Tober, P.E. Reece, D.D. Baltsenberger, G. Schuman, R.A. Nicholson. 2005. Registration of 'Haymaker Intermediate Wheatgrass'. Crop Sci. 45: 415-416.

  • Vogel, K.P. , D. Tober, P.E. Reece, D.D. Baltsenberger, G. Schuman, R.A. Nicholson. 2005. Registration of 'NU-ARS AC2 Intermediate Wheatgrass'. Crop Sci. 45-416-417.

  • Pedersen, J.F., K.P. Vogel, and D.L. Funnell. 2005. Impact of reduced lignin on plant fitness. Crop Science 45:812-819.

  • Gulsen, O., R.C. Shearman, K.P. Vogel, D.J. Lee, and T. Heng-Moss. 2005. Organelle DNA diversity among buffalograsses from the Great Plains of North America using cpDNA and mtDNA RFLPs. Crop Sci. 45:186-192.

  • Vogel, K.P. Vogel, M.R. Schmer, and R.B. Mitchell. 2005. Plant Adaptation Regions: Ecological and Climatic Classification of Plant Materials. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 58:315-319.

  • Mitchell, Rob, Ken Vogel, Gary Varvel, Terry Klopfenstein, Dick Clark and Bruce Anderson. 2005. Big Bluestem pastures in the Great Plains: an alternative to dryland corn. Rangelands. 27:31-35.

  • Weimer, P.J., B.S. Dien, T.L. Springer, and K.P. Vogel. 2005. In vitro gas production as a surrogate measurement of the fermentability of cellulosic biomass to ethanol. J. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 67:52-58.

  • Gulsen, O., R. C. Shearman, K. P. Vogel, D. J. Lee, P. S. Baenziger, T. M. Heng-Moss, and H. Budak. 2005. Nuclear genome diversity and relationships among naturally occurring buffalograss genotypes determined by sequence-related amplified polymorphism. HortScience 40: 537-541. ARS log # 170373.

  • Vogel, K.P., H.J. Gorz, and F.A. Haskins. 2005. Registration of N30-N56, N741, N743, N745, N747, U362, U363, U367, U369-U374, U389-U394, U396-U398 and U500 sweetclover genetic stocks. Crop Sci. 45:1675-1678.

  • Mitchell, R.B., K.P. Vogel, B.E. Anderson, and T.J. McAndrew. 2005. Renovating pastures with glyphosate tolerant soybeans. Online. Forage and Grazinglands doi:10.1094/FG-2005-0428-01-BR.

  • Casler, M.D., K.P. Vogel, C.M. Taliaferro, and R.E. Wynia. 2004. Latitudinal adaptation of switchgrass populations. Crop Sci. 44:293-403.

  • Tuna, Metin, Kenneth P. Vogel, Kulvindar S. Gill, and K. Arumuganathan. 2004. C-banding analyses of Bromus inermis genomes. Crop. Sci. 44:31-37.

  • Smart, A.J., L.E. Moser, and K.P. Vogel. 2004. Morphological characteristics of big bluestem and switchgrass plants divergently selected for seedling tiller number. Crop Sci. 44:607-613.

  • Vogel, K.P. 2004. Switchgrass. p. 561-588. In L.E. Moser, L. Sollenberger, and B. Burson (ed.). Warm-season (C 4) grasses. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Monograph. Madison, WI. (Monograph Chapter).

  • Mitchell, Rob, and K.P. Vogel. 2004. Indiangrass. p. 937-953. In L.E. Moser, L. Sollenberger, and B. Burson (ed.). Warm-season (C 4) grasses. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Monograph. Madison, WI. (Monograph Chapter).

  • Vogel, K.P., and B. Burson. 2004. Breeding and Genetics. p. 51-96. In L.E. Moser, L. Sollenberger, and B. Burson (ed.). Warm-season (C 4) grasses. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Monograph. Madison, WI. (Monograph Chapter).

  • Vogel, K.P. 2004. Humans, climate, and plants: the migration of crested wheatgrass and smooth bromegrass to the Great Plains of North America. p. 35-45. In: Dietrich Werner (Ed.) Biological Resources and Migration. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.