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  • Phenology and monitoring of the cabbage maggot, Delia radicum (L.), in brassica root crops

    Creator:
    Dreves, Amy J.
    Abstract:
    In Oregon’s northern Willamette Valley, cabbage maggot (CM), Delia radicum (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) often renders Brassica root crops unmarketable. Scheduled insecticides are the only current control. Studies were conducted to: 1) describe and characterize spring emergence of CM flies and their seasonal flight activity relative to degree-day (DD) accumulations; 2)...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    (.). ......................................................................8 3.1. Map offield study sites in northern Wilamete Valley, Oregon (Clackamas and Marion counties

  • Cover crop effects on root rot of sweet corn and soil properties

    Creator:
    Miyazoe, Mikio
    Abstract:
    Root rot of sweet corn in western Oregon and Washington is a significant disease that can reduce yield of intolerant cultivars of processed sweet corn by fifty percent. Root rot is caused by a complex of soilborne organisms, including Drechslera sp., Phoma terrestris, and Pythium arrhenomanes. Processors have adopted tolerant...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    production Processed sweet corn growers in Willamette Valley of Oregon experienced yield reductions in