Corn

Objectives:

1. Characterize su and se and sh2 sweet corn hybrids for reaction to root rot and processing quality.
2. Examine the effect of fumigation on root rot,, firing and yield.

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

George Clough, Philip Hamm, and Sarah Blatchford
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center

Lindsey du Toit
WSU Mt. Vernon Research and Extension Unit

Objectives:

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

Tim Knight
Faculty Research Assistant, BPP, OSU

Dan McGrath
Linn County, Regional Ag. Agent - Marion County

Jim Myers
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Ed Peachy
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Mary Powelson
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Alex Stone
OSU Dept of Horticulture

Published August, 1979. Reprinted January, 2000.
OSU Extension Service Series # FG 62-E

Describes the causes and disease cycle of sweet corn root rot diseases, including the infection process and symptom development. Color photos illustrate symptoms at various stages of plant growth. Explains how to evaluate a field's risk for root rot development.
Beth Hoinacki, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
Funding for this research was provided by the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
OSU Extension Series # EM 8859

Length: 4 pages

Revised March 2006
Peter Boches, Deborah Kean, Paul Kusolwa, Jim Myers, Jack Stang

OSU Vegetable Variety Trials 2005

Revised March 2005

OSU Vegetable Variety Trials 2004

Revised April 2004

OSU Vegetable Variety Trials 2003