Adam H. Sparks

PhD Candidate,
KSU Department of Plant Pathology
asparks@ksu.edu · 785.532.1341

My full CV is available for download as a pdf file, Adam Sparks's Curriculum Vitae.

  1. Cheatham, M. R., Rouse, M. N., Esker, P. D., Ignacio, S., Pradel, W., Raymundo, R., Sparks, A. H., Forbes, G. A., Gordon, T. R., and Garrett, K. A. 2009. Beyond yield: Plant disease in the context of ecosystem services. Phytopathology 99:1228-1236. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-99-11-1228.

  2. Esker, P. D., Sparks, A. H., Campbell, L., Guo, Z., Rouse, M., Silwal, S. D., Tolos, S., Van Allen, B. and Garrett, K. A. 2008. Ecology and Epidemiology in R: Disease Forecasting. The Plant Health Instructor. doi:10.1094/PHI-A-2008-0129-01.

  3. Sparks, A. H., Esker, P. D., Bates, M., Dall'Acqua, W., Guo, Z., Segovia, V., Silwal, S. D., Tolos, S. and Garrett, K. A. 2008. Ecology and epidemiology in R: Modeling plant disease progress over time. \textit{The Plant Health Instructor. doi:10.1094/PHI-A-2008-0129-02.

  4. Sparks, A. H., Esker, P. D., Antony, G., Campbell, L., Frank, E. E., Huebel, L., Rouse, M. N., Van Allen, B. and Garrett, K. A. 2008. Ecology and Epidemiology in R: Spatial Analysis. \textit{The Plant Health Instructor doi:10.1094/PHI-A-2008-0129-03.

  5. Garrett, K.A., Esker, P. D. and Sparks, A. H., 2007. Introduction to the R Programming Environment. \textit{The Plant Health Instructor. doi:10.1094/PHI-A-2007-1226-02.

  6. Esker, P. D., Sparks, A. H., Antony, G., Bates, M., Dall'Acqua, W., Frank, E. E., Huebel, L., Segovia, V., and Garrett, K. A. 2007. Ecology and Epidemiology in R: Modeling dispersal gradients. doi:10.1094/PHI-A-2007-1226-03.

  7. Garrett, K. A., Esker, P. D., Sparks, A. H., Scharmann, L. C. 2007. Writing Teaching Documents as a Class Project. The Plant Health Instructor. doi: 10.1094/PHI-T-2007-1226-01.

Book Chapters

  1. Garrett, K. A., Nita, M., De Wolf, E. D., Gomez, L. Sparks, A. H. Plant pathogens as indicators for climate change. Chapter in Climate Change Indicators, edited by T. Letcher. Elsevier. In Press.

In Preparation

  1. Sparks, A. H. R. J. Hijmans, G. A. Forbes, and K. A. Garrett. The big picture: Mapping the global risk of plant disease.

Fungicide and Nematicide Tests

  1. Geisler, L. J., and A. H. Sparks, 2004. Evaluation of seed treatment fungicides for controlling soybean seedling diseases, 2003. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests. Report No. 59:ST025. doi:10.1094/FN59 The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

  2. Geisler, L. J., and A. H. Sparks, 2004. Evaluation of seed treatment for controlling seedling diseases and compatibility with rhizobium inoculants, 2003. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests. Report No. 59:ST025. doi:10.1094/FN59 The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Extension Publications

  1. Adam Sparks and Megan Kennelly, Bacterial Ring Rot of Potato. Kansas State Extension Publication No. EP-150

  2. Adam Sparks and Megan Kennelly, Blackleg of Potato. Kansas State Extension Publication No. EP-149

  3. Adam Sparks, Common Scab of Potato. Kansas State Extension Publication No. EP-148

  4. A. H. Sparks, 2002, Fusarium stalk rot of corn. Plant Disease Central.
    http://pdc.unl.edu/agriculturecrops/corn/fusariumstalkrot

  5. A. H. Sparks, 2002, Fusarium root rot of corn. Plant Disease Central.
    http://pdc.unl.edu/agriculturecrops/corn/fusariumrootrot