Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Cindy Ocamb
OSU Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology
Nathan Miller
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, BPP, OSU
David H. Gent
USDA-ARS, Corvallis
Robert B. McReynolds
OSU North Willamette Research & Ext. Center
Jim Myers
OSU Dept. of Horticulture
Objectives:
- Evaluate ascospore detection of S. sclerotiorum using multiple Rotorod spore traps and monitor environmental conditions within snap bean fields to begin model development of ascospore absence or detection events.
- Evaluate the effects of several biofungicides on snap bean stand establishment and root rot severity.