Vegetable production

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

• Improved yield potential and dependability
• Improved straightness, texture, and other quality factors
• Develop easy picking and small pod strains of Blue Lake type
• Resistance to white mold and root rot

Objectives:

The project evaluates new supersweet and sugary-enhanced sweet corn varieties to identify superior plant materials. Varieties are evaluated for

• Reliability in plant stand establishment.
• Uniformity of maturity date.
• Resistance to lodging.
• Acceptability for yield and ear conformation.
• Processing quality.

Determine the length of harvest period possible with a limited number of varieties.

Objectives:

• To evaluate effects of supplemental nitrogen rates, in addition to growers base rates, on yield and root characteristics.
• To evaluate effects of four or five tillage treatments that result in various degrees of soil compaction on carrot root growth and yield of two varieties (O.S.U. Vegetable Research Farm).

OBJECTIVES:

• To evaluate the effect of plant spacing on yield and disease incidence in broccoli
• To evaluate the effect of frequency and amount of irrigation water on yield and disease incidence in three broccoli cultivars
• To evaluate the efficacy of Kocide 101 on control of head rot of broccoli under different irrigation regimes

OBJECTIVES:

• Refine corn earworm monitoring techniques using pheromone and black light traps.
• Continue developing a statewide pheromone trapping program.
• Study earworm flight and infestation trends that can be used to predict damaging infestations.
• Develop corn earworm and sweet corn development models.
• Conduct insecticide trials to determine if and when sprays are most effectively used.
• Incorporate relevant information into a damage prediction model that can be used for management purposes.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Glenn Fisher, R. Berry, and K. West
OSU Dept. of Entomology

Objectives:

1. Determine which species of cutworms are pests in table beets.
2. Determine if pheromone trap catches can be used to predict cutworm problems and time control measures.
3. Evaluate the use of sweep net sampling, egg sampling, soil surface sampling and early leaf feediyy to predict root damage and time control measures.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Jim Baggett
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Objectives:

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Bill Braunworth
Garvin Crabtree
Phil Diener
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Objectives:

Objectives:

• Evaluate variation in cultural practices that would allow earlier establishment and earlier harvest of Golden Jubilee sweet corn.
• Determine how to dependably establish uniform stands of supersweet corn.