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 for model development of ascospore absence events.
- Evaluate biofungicide effects on snap bean stand establishment, root rot severity, and subsequent pod yields.
- Compare the efficacy of fungicides registered for white mold in snap bean.