Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Carkner, M.K. and Entz, M.H. 2024. Determining adaptability of farmer bred spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes to Canadian organic production using stability analysis. Plant Breeding. 143:4, 500-517. doi.org/10.1111/pbr.13180
Carkner, M.K., Gao, X., and Entz, M.H. 2023. Ideotype breeding for crop adaptation to low phosphorus availability on extensive organic farms. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14: 1225174. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1225174
Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Entz, M., Fox, S.L., Spaner, D., Stanley, K., Carkner, M., Fetch, T.G., McCartney, C.A., Menzies, J.G., Wang X., Ames, N., Nilsen K.T., Burt, A., Kumar, S., Hamilton, K.D., Green D.A., Dyck W., Stewart, K. and Cormack, B. 2022. AAC Kongsore oat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 102:6, 1225-1231. doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2022-0108
Bailey-Elkin, W., Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. 2021. Intercropping organic field pea with barley, oats, and mustard improves variable effects on grain yield and net returns. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 102:3, 515-528. doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2021-0182
“Outstanding Weed Science Paper Award 2022”.
Isaac, M.E., Nimmo, V., Gaudin, A.C.M., Leptin, A., Schmidt, J.E., Kallenbach, C.M., Martin, A., Entz, M., Carkner, M., Rajcan, I., Boyle, T.D., Lu, X. 2021. Crop domestication, root trait syndromes, and soil nutrient acquisition in organic agroecosystems: A systematic review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, 1–11. doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.716480
Entz, M.H., Kirk, A.P., Carkner, M.K., Vaisman, I., Fox, S. 2018. Evaluation of lines from a farmer participatory organic wheat breeding program. Crop Science. 58, 2433–2443. doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2018.04.0241
Carkner, M.K. and Entz, M.H. 2017. Growing environment contributes more to soybean yield than cultivar under organic management. Field Crops Research. 207, 42-51. doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.02.019
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Carkner, M., Bamford, K., Thiessen-Martens, J., Wilcott, S., Stainsby, A., Stanley, K., Dick, C., Entz, M.H. 2020. Building capacity from Glenlea, Canada’s oldest organic rotation study, in: Bhullar, G.S., Riar, A. (Eds.), Long-Term Farming Systems Research: Ensuring Food Security in Changing Scenarios. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 103–122. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818186-7.00007-2
Book translated for Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2023.
Books
Carkner, M. and Arseneault, M. 2013. The Good Season: Easy Recipes for Wild Edibles Cookbook. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Guelph Ontario. https://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/news/weed-cookbook
Recent Conferences
An exhaustive list of conference proceedings can be found in my cv.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. November 2023. Yield stability and adaptation analysis of farmer-selected spring wheat genotypes from an Canadian participatory breeding program under contrasting organic conditions. Student Keynote. Oral Paper at the 5th Canadian Wheat Symposium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. January 2022. The potential for organic, farmer-led wheat breeding to maintain yield and contribute to P cycling under low-phosphorus conditions on the Canadian Prairies. Oral Paper at the Guelph Organic Conference (virtual conference). Guelph, ON.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. November 2022. Proposal of new wheat ideotype to improve agricultural phosphorus cycling in organic production systems. Oral Paper at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. September 2022. Proposal of new wheat ideotype to improve agricultural phosphorus cycling in organic production systems. Poster presenter at the 2nd International Wheat Congress (virtual conference). Beijing, China.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. August 2022. Proposal of new wheat ideotype to improve agricultural phosphorus cycling in organic production systems. Oral paper at the Intecol, Frontiers in Ecology: Science and Society (virtual conference). Geneva, CH.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. March 2022. Location, location, location… but does it matter? Can we enhance phosphorus use efficiency in organic wheat by diversifying the selector and environment in the early generations? Oral paper at the Plant Science Graduate Student Symposium (virtual conference). Winnipeg, MB.
Carkner, M., Entz, M.H. March 2022. Can we improve wheat performance under low phosphorus, organic conditions by diversifying the selection environment and selector? Oral paper at the Soils and Crops (virtual conference). Saskatoon, SK.