Vegetable production
Selection of Cover Crops for Root Rot Supression and Yield Enhancement in Corn
Objective: To identify cover crops that can be grown in rotation with corn to suppress corn root rot and improve corn yield.
Insect Contamination of Broccoli and Cauliflower (2003)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objectives:
- Maintain, evaluate, and refine a regional pest monitoring network for selected Lepidopteran pests of broccoli and cauliflower, and other crops.
- Develop new strategies for detecting aphid outbreaks.
- Evaluate whether less aggressive spray programs are effective during periods of low insect pressure.
- Compare the effectiveness of aphid and looper pesticides at various levels of insect pressure.
Trap Cropping and Removal Trapping to Enhance Control of Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle in Vegetable Crops
"Rotbusters" 2003: Soil factors, cropping history, varietal tolerance, and corn root rot (2003)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Alex Stone
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objectives:
Determine-
- the root rot tolerance and yield potential of sweet corn varieties
- the relationship between rotational history and root rot potential
- the relationship between soil factors and root rot potential
- whether a cone tube bioassay can be used to screen fields for root rot potential
Pest Management in Sweet Corn
1. Irrigation level effects on sweet corn growth, yield, and root rot
2. Wild Proso Millet (WPM) control
3. Survival and emergency of WPM
Identification of High Yielding Root Rot Tolerant Sweet Corn Hybrids
Developing an Integrated Management Tool to Predict Hairy Nightshade Growth in Snap Beans (2003)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Control and Management of Common Smut on corn in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington (2003)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
George Clough, Philip Hamm, and Sarah Blatchford
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center
Objective:
- Evaluate 42 sweet corn cultivars for resistence to common smut