Control and Management of Common Smut on Corn in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington (2002)

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

George Clough, Philip Hamm, and Sarah Blatchford
OSU Hermiston Agricultrual 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. Quantify effect of common smut on processing quality characteristics
  4. Evaluate fungicides for the control of common smut

 

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