Efficacy and Crop Safety of Herbicides on Garden Beet, Spinach and Chard
Ed Peachey (OSU Dept. of Horticulture)
Objective:
Determine the efficacy and crop safety of herbicides on garden beet, spinach, and chard for the control of weeds.
Willamette Valley
150-250 day season; warm days, cool nights; length of season may very considerably from year to year
Regional Pest Monitoring Program
Principle investigator: Jessica Green (OSU Horticulture)
VegNet is a regional pest monitoring and reporting network serving the Oregon processed vegetable industry, managed by the OSU Extension Service, and funded by the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission. In the early spring of 2012, thirty six insect monitoring stations were established on cooperating farms located strategically throughout the Willamette Basin and maintained during the growing season.
The goals of the VegNet Regional Pest Monitoring and Reporting System are:
Pesticide use practices and surface water loading in the Zollner Creek Watershed Report to the OPVC
Jeffrey Jenkins, Phillip Janney, and Dan McGrath
Oregon State University Extension
Predicting Phosphorus and Nitrogen Needs in Sweet Corn (2012)
Dan M. Sullivan, Aaron Heinrich, and Ed Peachey
Horticulture and Crop & Soil Science, OSU
Research Objectives
Sweet corn diseases and their management in the PNW: Seed treatments and development of Fusarium-free seed
Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Ocamb, Ext. Specialist & Associate Professor
Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU – Corvallis
e-mail: ocambc@science.oregonstate.edu
Collaborator: James R. Myers, Horticulture, OSU – Corvallis
Objectives:
1. Conduct an evaluation of materials currently registered on sweet corn for control of seed rot and seedling blight.
Detection of Plasmodiophora brassicae (causal agent of Clubroot) in vegetable production fields of the Pacific Northwest
Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Ocamb, Ext. Specialist & Associate Professor
Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU – Corvallis
e-mail: ocambc@science.oregonstate.edu
Collaborator: William Thomas, Post-doctoral research associate, BPP, OSU – Corvallis
Objectives:
1) Evaluate PCR protocol for P. brassicae testing of Willamette Valley field soils.
2) Conduct an evaluation of sampling protocols for PCR detection thresholds
Mold Management and Sclerotinia Ascospore Trapping in Snap Bean
Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Ocamb, Ext. Specialist & Associate Professor
Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU - Corvallis
Telephone: (541) 737-4020
ocambc@science.oregonstate.edu
Cooperators: David H. Gent, USDA-ARS, Corvallis
Robert B. McReynolds, North Willamette Research & Ext. Center, OSU
Jim Myers, Dept. of Horticulture, OSU
Outcrossing Potential for Brassica Species and Implications for Vegetable Crucifer Seed Crops of Growing Oilseed Brassicas in the Willamette Valley
Myers, J.R. 2006. Outcrossing Potential for Brassica Species, and Implications for Vegetable Crucifer Seed Crops of Growing Oilseed Brassicas in the Willamette Valley. OSUES SR 1064.
Weed Control in Table Beets (2004)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objective:
- determine the potential of using Dual Magnum herbicide for weed control in table beets.
- evaluate the potential of using Upbeet, Betanex, and Betamix as sequential micro-rate applications.
Trap Cropping and Removal Trapping to Enhance Control of Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Vegetable Crops
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.