Heat Tolerant Broccoli Project
This project aims to identify heat-tolerant broccoli cultivars for the Willamette Valley processed vegetable industry.
Vegetable production
Bee Protection Protocol Update to SSGWO
Oregon State University Vegetable and Specialty Seed researcher Kristine Buckland gives a presentation on the Bee Protection Protocol at the Specialty Seed Growers of Western Oregon meeting January 21, 2020.
Brassica Management: Blackleg and Light Leaf Spot
Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Retractable Blade Cultivator
This is a Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1 video clip. Featuring Rob Heater, Stahlbush Island Farms. Corvallis, OR. Audio Text This is what we call an in-row cultivator. It’s built on to a Buffalo cultivator, which is made in the Midwest, I think back in Nebraska. It’s a high-residue, no-till cultivator. We happen to have had a bunch of these that we were using in our crops anyway and decided to make an attachment in here for killing weeds in widely spaced crops, like winter squash and different pumpkins.
Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Filled-Furrow Squash Cultivator
This is a Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1 video clip. Featuring Jeff Falen, Persephone Farm. Lebanon, OR. Audio Text
Winter Squash Production Resources
It is difficult to find information on winter squash production and storage. This page aggregates resources relevant to Oregon winter squash growers.
Alex Stone is fixing broken links and adding new content in January 2021 - come back soon!
Winter Squash Storage Rots and Their Management
Farmers in western Oregon can lose a significant portion of their winter squash in storage to storage rots. In winters 2012-2015 we collected samples of stored squash with rot symptoms from farmers in western Oregon and the OSU Plant Clinic identified the pathogens causing those rots. This article includes photos of the rot symptoms, descriptions of the diseases, and information on how to control storage rots.
Production Guide for Storage of Organic Fruits and Vegetables (2012)
Watkins, Chris B. and Jacqueline F. Nock (Department of Horticulture, Cornell University). 2012. Production Guide for Storage of Organic Fruits and Vegetables. New York State IPM Publication No. 10
Nitrogen utilization by green beans (2001)
This article looks at nitrogen utilization by snap beans grown in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and provides information necessary to make N fertilizer timing and rate decisions to maximize N uptake while minimizing environmental losses.
Weed management alternatives in sweet corn
Ed Peachey (OSU Dept. of Horticulture)
Objectives: Continue evaluating sweet corn tolerance to POST applied HPPD herbicides.