Control and Management of Common Smut on Corn in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington (1999)

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Philip Hamm George Clough, and Mike Baune
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual Research and Extension Center

Lindsey du Toit and Lois Carris
Washington State University

Objectives:

1. Screen Field corn and Sweet corn germplasm for resistance to common smut.
2. Evaluate fungicides for the control of common smut.
3. Investigate the effects of irrigation systems on incidence of common smut.
4. Investigate the effects of planting dates on development of common smut in the Columbia Basin.