Fresh Market Vegetable Production

Green Bean Breeding

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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
  • Dqvelop easy picking and small pod strains of Blue Lake type
  • Resistance to white mold and root rot

Effect of of Spring-planted Non-crop Vegetation on Symphylan Density in Snap Beans

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Objectives:
In 1991, we noted that symphylan density was less under spring-planted Micah barley residue than other cereals, conventional tillage, and soil with no cereal residue. The objectives of this trial were to further evaluate the impact of several plant species on the density of symphylans in snap bean systems