12 Spot Beetles, Black Cutworm, And Cabbage Looper Project (2000)
Report to the Agricultural Research Foundation and Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Corn
Management of Sweet Corn and Snap Bean Root Rots with Cover Crops and Organic Amendments
Principal Investigator: Alexandra Stone
Graduate Student: Heather Darby
SUMMARY
Identification of Sweet Corn Hybrids Resistant to Root/Stalk Rot
Objectives: Characterize su and se sweet corn hybrids for reaction to root/crown rot.
Control and Management of Common Smut on Corn in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington (2001)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
George Clough and Philip Hamm
OSU Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Lindsey du Toit
WSU Mt. Vernon Research and Extension Unit
Objectives:
Biology and Management of Fusarium Diseases on Sweet Corn in the PNW (2001)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Cynthia M. Ocamb
Ext. Specialist and Assistant Professor Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU
Nathan Miller
Graduate Student, OSU, Corvallis
John Luna
Asst. Professor, Horticulture
Dan McGrath
Linn County, Regional Ag. Agent - Marion County
Jim Myers
OSU Dept of Horticulture
Mary Powelson
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology
Alex Stone
OSU Dept of Horticulture
Objectives:
A Bioassay For Studying Biotic and Abiotic Interactions In the Root Rot Syndrome of Sweet Corn (2001)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Mary Powelson
OSU Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
Jim Meyer
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Cindy Ocamb
OSU Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
Ed Peachey
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Alex Stone
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objective:
- Develop a bioassay for studying biotic and abiotic interactions in the root rot syndrome of sweet corn
12 Spot Beetle and Black Cutworm Project (2002)
Report to the Agricultural Research Foundation and the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Dan McGrath
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objectives:
- To maintain, evaluate, and refine a regional pest-monitoring network for 12 Spot Beetle, Black Cutworm, and other insects that reduce stand establishment in sweet corn.
- To evaluate soil insecticides for control of these insect pests and determine the relationship between trap counts and crop injury.
Suppression of Garden Symphylan, Scutigerella Immaculata with Insectides Banded at Planting, II
"Rotbusters" Sweet Corn Decline Field Survey (2002)
"Sweet corn decline" emerged as a significant constraint to corn production in the Willamette Valley during the 1990's. During the winter of 2001-02 a group of farmers, industry agricultural professionals, and OSU personnel met to discuss strategies for improving our understanding of this syndrome and for identifying strategies for its management.
Pest Management in Sweet Corn
1. Efficacy of Vapam for control of weeds, insects and diseases in sweet corn
2. Impact of irrigation level on corn and disease
Cooperators: