Variety trials

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Meyers
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Brian Yorgey
OSU Dept of Food Science and Technology

Objectives: 

1. Test various inbred combinations for hybrid production, and evaluating commercial cultivars for adaptation to Oregon growing conditions and for head rot resistance

Twenty-five sweet corn cultivars were evaluated for resistance to natural infection by common smut.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Alex Stone
OSU Dept of Horticulture

With assistance from: Mikio Miyazoe, Galen Weston, and Michael Hertel

Summary of results:

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Philip Hamm and George Clough
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center

Cooperators: Lindsey du Toit, Washington State University, Mount Vernon Research and Extension Unit, Mount Vernon, WA; Nick David and Stacy Gieck, Oregon State University, Hermiston; sweet corn processors in Oregon and Washington; sweet corn seed producers; growers

Objectives:

Objective 1: Evaluation commercial sweet corn varieties in small plots for susceptibility to seed rot/damping-off as well as crown rot.

Objective: Identify sweet corn hybrids with suitable processing quality that have high, stable yields and tolerance to root rot disease complex.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Philip Hamm and George Clough
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center

Processing Quality Evaluation Brian Yorgey
OSU Dept of Food Science & Technology

Objectives:

1. Screen sweet corn varieties for resistance to common smut and High Plains Virus
2. Evaluate processing quality for ‘resistant’ hybrids.

Objectives: 1. Breed Bush Blue Lake green bean varieties with high economic yield and improved plant architecture. 2. Improve pod characteristics including straightness, color, smoothness, texture, flavor and quality retention, and combine with delayed seed size development. 3. Incorporate white mold resistance and improve root rot tolerance. 4. Develop a molecular marker map to facilitate marker-assisted selection of desirable horticultural traits.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Myers

Objective: Breed improved Bush Blue Lake green bean varieties with: a. White and gray mold resistance b. Improved plant architecture c. High economic yield d. Improved pod quality (including straightness, color, smoothness, texture, flavor and quality retention, and delayed seed size development)