Fresh Market Vegetable Production

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Objective:

1. Compare tolerance of sweet corn to Option (formasulfuron) herbicide.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Objective:

1. determine the potential of using Dual Magnum herbicide for weed control in table beets.
2. evaluate the potential of using Upbeet, Betanex, and Betamix as sequential micro-rate applications.

The western spotted cucumber beetle (WSCB) is the major insect pest of the Willamette Valley vegetable industry, attacking snap beans, sweet corn, and cucurbit crops.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Alex Stone
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Dan Sullivan
OSU Dept of Soil and Crop Science

Steve Scheuerell
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Mikio Miyazoe
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objective:

Objective: Identify sweet corn hybrids released for the processing market for high and stable yields under heavy and light root rot pressure.

The general objective of the processing component of this research is to support the vegetable processing industry in the Willamette Valley by evaluating green beans developed in Jim Myers' bredding program in OSU's Horticulture Department.

Objective: The objective of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of the fungicide, Omega (fluazinam), in controlling Club Root fungus, (Plasmodiophora brassicae) in broccoli and cauliflower when applied preplant incorporated or as a transplanting drench.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture