Identification of high yielding, root rot tolerant sweet corn hybrids
Objective: Identify sweet corn hybrids released for the processing market for high and stable yields under heavy and light root rot pressure.
Corn
VegNet regional pest monitoring program
Fusarium crown and root rot of sweet corn in the PNW: host resistance and association of cucumber beetles with infected hosts
Objective 1: Evaluate commercial sweet corn varieties and inbred germplasm in small plots for susceptibility to root rot, stalk node rot, and crown rot. Objective 2: Examine the relationship between Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle reproduction and seed microbial communities.
Cultivar evaluation for control of common smut in sweet corn in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington
Twenty-five sweet corn cultivars were evaluated for resistance to natural infection by common smut.
Cultural management of corn root rot (2005)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Alex Stone
OSU Dept of Horticulture
With assistance from: Mikio Miyazoe, Galen Weston, and Michael Hertel
Summary of results:
Weed management in sweet corn and other rotational crops (2008)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Ed Peachey and Alysia Greco
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Chris Boerboom, University O Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Marty Williams, USDA, Champaign-Urbana, Ill
Rick Boydston, USDA, Prosser, WA
John Orr, AMVAC, Boise, ID
Norm McKinley, DuPont, Salem, OR
SUMMARY:
Cultivar Evaluation for Control of Common Smut in Sweet Corn and High Plains Virus in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington (2005)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Philip Hamm and George Clough
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center
Cooperators: Lindsey du Toit, Washington State University, Mount Vernon Research and Extension Unit, Mount Vernon, WA; Nick David and Stacy Gieck, Oregon State University, Hermiston; sweet corn processors in Oregon and Washington; sweet corn seed producers; growers
Objectives:
Puncturevine and Hairy Nightshade Management
The objectives of this project were to evaluate the efficacy of common row crop herbicides for control of puncturevine, and determine the effect of post harvest weed management strategies on hairy nightshade seed development.
Weed management in sweet corn and other rotational crops (2008)
Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Ed Peachey and Alysia Greco
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Chris Boerboom, University O Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Marty Williams, USDA, Champaign-Urbana, Ill
Rick Boydston, USDA, Prosser, WA
John Orr, AMVAC, Boise, ID
Norm McKinley, DuPont, Salem, OR
Summary:
Management of Sweet Corn Root and Crown Rot in the Pacific Northwest
Objective 1: Evaluation commercial sweet corn varieties in small plots for susceptibility to seed rot/damping-off as well as crown rot.