The Oregon Foundation Seed & Plant Materials Project (FS&PMP) is charged with maintaining, increasing, and distributing early generation planting stock of grains, grasses, legumes, potatoes, grapes, and mint to Oregon growers. Early generation seed and plant materials are released to Foundation seed programs for the production of the Foundation class...
During the 1994 growing season, 1,998 dormant wine and table grape cuttings and 2,552 mist propagated plants were distributed to 33 growers from the OSU Mother Block. Sixteen new clones were added to the Mother Block in early spring. This included rootstock, wine and table grape cultivars. The trellising system...
One of the goals of the Integrated Production approach is an overall reduction of pesticide use, including the application of fungicides for disease control. Powdery mildew is the most frequently sprayed disease in Oregon vineyards. Losses to powdery mildew vary from year to year, but may be substantial. Because little...