Supersweet corn variety evaluation
Objectives:
To determine the production and processing potential of new introductions of supersweet corn.
Vegetable production
Supersweet corn variety evaluations
Objectives:
To determine the production and processing potential of new introductions of supersweet corn.
Green Bean Breeding and Evaluation
Objectives:
- Improved potential for high yields at favorable sieve sizes 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.
Green Bean Breeding and Evaluation
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
- Develop easy picking and small pod strains of Blue Lake type
- Resistance to white mold and root rot
Genetic Mapping of Beans via Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of DNA
Objectives:
- To utilize direct DNA mapping techniques to generate a linkage map of beans.
- To associate particular DNA fragments with quantitative traits of economic importance in order to assist targeted selection in plant improvement.
Evaluation of Sweet Corn Varieties for Production in the Columbia Basin
Objectives:
Determine yield and quality characteristics of sweet corn cultivars which may be appropriate for climate and cultural practices in the Columbia basin.
Effects of irrigation (water stress), timing of N application, boron rates and transplant characteristics on growth and development, maturity and yield of cauliflower
Objectives:
Effect of Nitrogen Sources, Calcium Rates, and Bactericides on Yield and Head Rot of Broccoli
OBJECTIVES:
- To evaluate the effect of several nitrogen sources and calcium rates on yield, head rot, quality, and nitrogen content of broccoli.
- To evaluate the efficacy of copper compounds and selected bacterial antagonists for control of broccoli head rot.
Dependable Stand Establishment for Super Sweet Corn (1989)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
C. Shock and C. Burnett
OSU Agricultural Experiment Station
Cooperators:
Dale Wilson and Krishna Mohan, University of Idaho
Bob Trent, Crookham Company
Lee Schweitzer, Asgrow
Mark Hughes, Germains
Objectives:
Cutworm Control in Processed Beets (1989)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Glenn Fisher, K. West, and R. Berry
OSU Dept. of Entomology
Objectives:
- Evaluate the role of planting date on cutworm colonization.
- Evaluate the role of plant height/age in cutworm colonization.
- Determine the best time to apply insecticides for the black cutworm based on 1 and 2.