Willamette Valley

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

Objectives:

• To determine the effects of planting dates and plant populations on yield and ear characteristics (especially length and tip-fill) of Jubilee sweet corn at the OSU Vegetable Research Farm.
• To determine the relationship between plant populations and yield and ear characteristics in commercial plantings of sweet corn in grower fields.

Objectives:

• To evaluate the effects of 5 nitrogen rates and 2 within-row spacings on yield and root characteristics of Royal Chantenay carrots at North Willamette Experiment Station and Oregon State University Vegetable Research Farm.
• To evaluate the effects of supplemental nitrogen rates, in addition to grower's base rates of N on yield at 5 grower locations (Red Cored Chantenay).
• To determine N concentrations in carrot leaf sample from each of the experimental locations.

Objectives:

• To determine the effects of differential quantities of irrigation water on growth and yield of table beets.
• To determine the relationship of nitrogen fertilizer rates to yield and size distribution of table beet roots.
• To determine N concentrations in table beet leaves as affected by irrigation and N fertilizer rates.

OBJECTIVES:

• To evaluate the effect of plant spacing on yield and disease incidence in broccoli
• To evaluate the effect of nitrogen rate on yield and disease incidence in broccoli

OBJECTIVES:

• Monitor corn earworm moths using pheromone and black light traps.
• Conduct a statewide pheromone trapping program.
• Conduct a comparison of pheromone traps.
• Study earworm infestation trends
• Study corn earworm overwintering success and spring emergence.
• Produce a sweet corn growth model.
• Conduct an insecticide trial.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Harry Mack
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. To determine the relationship between iron concentrations in bean leaves at early bloom and occurrence of dark pod discoloration in grower fields.
2. To obtain soil samples from the same locations for anlyses.
3. To take plant, pod and sod samples from any fields in which the dark pod discoloration problem is encountered during the 1986 season.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Raquel Fernandez and Myron Shenk
OSU

Objective:

In the greenhouse and in the field

1. Study the influence of seeding depth on the development of the growing point of wild proso millet seedlings.
2. and the effect of position and timing of application by 5 herbicides (pendimethalin, alachor, atrazine, tridiphane and EPTC) on the control of wild proso millet.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Mary Powelson and M. Nelson
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Objectives:

1. To identify potential biological control agent(s) for grey mold and white mold of snap beans.
2. To determine effective methods of applying biological control agent(s) to achieve maximum control of grey mold and white mold of snap beans.
3. To evaluate efficacy of available fungicides for control of grey mold and white mold of snap beans.