Vegetable production

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Brian Croft, Glenn Fischer, Leonard Coop, and Ray Derapek
OSU Dept of Entomology

Objectives:

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Dan Curtis and Ray Williams
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. To identify weed management strategies that suppress wild proso millet below thresholds that ensure harvestability.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Ross Penhallegon
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Dan McGrath
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Paul Koepsell
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Objective:

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of registered and unregistered chemical controls of Rust, Leaf Spot, and Downey Mildew in Table Beets (Uromyces betae, Cercospora beticola, and Peronospora schachtii.)

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Baggett
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives: 

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Garvin Crabtree
Bill Mansour
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. Determine the potential selective herbicidal activity of three nitrogen-containing fertilizer solutions.
2. Compare broccoli response to nitrogen applied in these foliar sprays to equal amounts of nitrogen applied in the usual form of side-dressed fertilizer.

Aphid populations are being monitored in 4 different red table beet plantings in the South Willamette Valley. Fields were
selected because of their proximity to sugar beets being grown for seed. Yellow pan traps with water are being used to monitor black bean aphid and green peach aphid flights into beets. Aphid populations are being monitored on beets for in field build up.

Objectives: To determine the effect of row spacing and weed management on snap bean production.

 Objectives: Breed bush green beans for the Western Oregon processing industry with: 

• Improved potential for high yields at favorable sieve sizes and dependability 
• Improved straightness, texture, and other quality factors
• Emphasis on easy picking and small pod strains of Blue Lake type
• Resistance to white mold and root rot

Objectives
Peas:

• Evaluate weed control efficacy and crop tolerance of Cobra on processing peas.
• Evaluate combinations of MCPA amine, Basagran, Poast and crop-oil for weed control efficacy and crop tolerance in processing peas.
• Investigate the feasibility of field sampling to determine weed densities and weed species of sampled fields.
• Follow development of black and hairy nightshade from emergence through crop harvest to determine potential for crop contamination.

Snap Beans:

 Corn Earworm Pheromone Trap data