Processed Vegetable Production

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

George Clough, Philip Hamm, and Sarah Blatchford
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center

Objective:

1. Evaluate 42 sweet corn cultivars for resistence to common smut

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

K.Peterson, R. McReynolds, R. William, and Bill Braunworth
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

• To test interspecific hybrids previously obtained for disease resistance.
• To design methods to redifferentiate plants from bean tissue culture by examining the effects of novel hormone metabolites recently isolated from bean embryos.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Baggett      
OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. Test carrot breeding lines developed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture carrot breeding program for resistance to the motley dwarf virus complex.

Objectives: To evaluate yield, uniformity, plant characteristics, and ear characteristics in the field, and processed quality of new varietal introductions of supersweet (sh2) corn.

Objectives:

• Test Plant Introduction lines and other germplasm sources for high field resistance to head smut.
• Determine if immunity or true seedling resistance exists in germplasm sources.
• Test commercial F1 hybrids and inbreds for head smut resistance.

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

• Improved yield potential 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

C.C. Shock, D. Burnett, C. Burnett, and J. Zalewski
Malheur Experiment Station, 0.S.U., Ontario, Oregon