12 Spot Beetles, Black Cutworm, And Cabbage Looper Project (2000)
Report to the Agricultural Research Foundation and Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Integrated Pest Management
12 Spot Beetle and Black Cutworm Project (2002)
Report to the Agricultural Research Foundation and the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objectives:
- To maintain, evaluate, and refine a regional pest-monitoring network for 12 Spot Beetle, Black Cutworm, and other insects that reduce stand establishment in sweet corn.
- To evaluate soil insecticides for control of these insect pests and determine the relationship between trap counts and crop injury.
Aphid and Looper Contamination of Broccoli and Cauliflower (2002)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept of Horticulture
Five insects contaminate broccoli in the Willamette Valley: cabbage loopers (Trichoplusia ni), cabbage white butterfly larvae (Pieris rapae), diamondback moth (Marrtestra aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae). Broccoli is inspected very closely before it is accepted for processing. Low levels of insect contamination result in the rejection of truckloads of harvested broccoli by processor quality assurance programs and thousands of dollars of loss to growers.