Fresh Market Vegetable Production

Objective:

Objectives: Breed bush green beans for the western Oregon processing industry with:

• Improved potential for high yields at favorable sieve sizes and dependability.
• Improved straightness, texture, and other quality factors.
• Develop easy picking and small pod strains of Blue Lake type.
• Resistance to white mold and root rot.

 Objectives:

• To utilize direct DNA mapping techniques to generate a linkage map of beans.
• To associate particular DNA fragments with quantitative traits of economic importance in order to assist targeted selection in plant improvement

OBJECTIVES:

• Determine the distribution and frequency of benomyl and vinclozolin/iprodione resistance in the Botrytis population in snap bean fields located in the Willamette Valley.
• Evaluate the efficacy of experimental fungicides for control of gray mold and white mold of snap beans.
• Evaluate the efficacy of biological antagonists for control of gray mold of snap beans.

 Objectives:
Determine yield and quality characteristics of sweet corn cultivars which may be appropriate for climate and cultural practices in the Columbia basin.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Brian Croft, Glenn Fisher, Ray Drapek, and Len Coop
OSU Dept of Entomology

Objectives:

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Ross Penhallegon
OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Paul Koepsell
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Objective:

1. Evaluate the effectiveness of non registered chemicals (Bayleton, Folicur) and registered chemical (Sulfur) for the control of Rust, Leaf Spot, and Mildew in Table Beets (Uromyces betae, Cercospora beticola, Peronospora schachtii, and Erysiphe polygoni.)

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Clint Shock, Erik Feibert, and Monty Sanders
OSU Malheur Experiment Station

Bob Trent
Crookham Seed Company

Objective:

1. The effects of seed class and seed density on supersweet corn plant stand, plant development, and yield were examined using a single lot of Crisp 'N Sweet 710. Seed class and seed density can be controlled in packaging supersweet corn seed and could provide a means to more reliable plant stand establishment.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Baggett and Jack Stang
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. Evaluate head quality, maturity time and total yield of 10 promising (based on 90-91 observations) cauliflower varieties at a wide range of planting times; relate timing of maturity to turning of curd initiation and the period between curd initiation and harvest; screen additional cauliflower varieties to identify those having head characteristics suitable for processing.

 Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Mary Powelson
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Objective:

1. Determine cause of reduction in carrot productivity