Vegetable production

 To develop and evaluate integrated cover crop/strip-tillage systems for sweet corn, snap bean and broccoli production which enhance economic profitability and enhance soil conservation and water quality.

OBJECTIVES

• Modify existing strip-tillage equipment to improve efficiency and vegetable crop yields.
• Compare the impacts of strip-tillage and conventional tillage systems on important horticultural and agroecological parameters.
• Compare the economic performance of strip-tillage and standard practice tillage systems.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Meyers
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Dan McGrath
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. To reduce bean mold scouting effort and increase the value of the information produced by the scouting effort.
2. To validate that the modified scouting program produces an accurate assessment of risk of mold development.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Timothy Righetti
OSU Department of Horticulture

Our goal is to start with computerized record keeping, GPS based sampling systems, and the creation of yield maps. Once this has been done various forms of computer assisted management become possible.

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Colley, M., 2009. Plant Breeding for Organic Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18448.

Colley, M. and B. Baker, 2009. Sourcing Certified Organic Seed and the National Organic Program Regulations. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18338

Grossman, J., 2010.  Assessing Nitrogen Contribution and Rhizobia Diversity Associated with Winter Legume Cover Crops in Organic Systems Webinar by eOrganic. Available at https://eorganic.org/node/5668

Snow, M. and C. White, 2010.  Using Winter Killed Cover Crops to Facilitate Organic No-till Planting of Early Spring Vegetables Webinar by eOrganic. Available at https://eorganic.org/node/5643

Curran, W., and M. Ryan, 2010.  Using cover crops to suppress weeds in Northeast US farming systems Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at https://eorganic.org/node/5620

Carpenter-Boggs, L., D. Granatstein, and D. Huggins, 2010.  Greenhouse Gases and Agriculture: Where does Organic Farming fit Webinar by eOrganic.  eOrganic webinar. Available at https://eorganic.org/node/5617