Control and Management of Common Smut on Corn in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington (2001)

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

George Clough and Philip Hamm
OSU Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Lindsey du Toit
WSU Mt. Vernon Research and Extension Unit

Objectives:

1. Screen sweet corn cultivars for resistance to common smut.
2. Investigate effect of planting date on development of common smut.
3. Evaluate fungicides for the control of common smut.
4. Investigate damaged or discolored kernels in what appears to be ears not infected with corn smut

Additional funding for this research provided by Columbia Basin Processed Vegetable Council, Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration, Abbott & Cobb, Crookham Co., Harris Moran Seed Co., and Syngenta.