Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima) grown in Oregon’s Willamette Valley for edible seed, frozen foods, and fresh markets is susceptible to an undiagnosed soilborne disease. Diseased squash fields exhibit symptoms of stunting, root and crown rot, vascular discoloration, and late-season wilt, which in extreme cases can lead to total crop failure....
Antagonistic effects of Epicoccum purpurascens,
Aureobasidium pullulans, Trichoderma spp., and Botrytis
cinerea on establishment of Monilinia fructicola infections
in cherry and peach blossoms were assessed in field and mist
chamber studies. Conidia of each fungus were applied to
blossoms that were subsequently inoculated with conidia of
M fructicola. Mist chamber...
Radial colony growth of three isolates of Gliocladium roseum and three isolates of Bottytis cinerea were measured on 1/4 strength potato dextrose agar amended with concentrations of NaHCO₃ ranging from 0-2% (w/v). Compared to the control, reductions in colony diameter of the B. cinerea isolates ranged from 60-79% and 73-89%...
The heritability of resistance to eastern filbert blight, caused by Anisogramma anomala, in European hazelnut (Corylus avellana) was evaluated in the progeny of seven cultivars crossed in 12 combinations. Progeny produced by crossing 'VR6-28' with three susceptible cultivars segregated 1:1 for complete resistance to eastern filbert blight. Histograms of disease...
Eight phylloplane yeasts were isolated from backyard apple trees in Corvallis, OR. Yeast isolates were classified to genus or species level. All isolates were tested in vitro for antagonistic activity against the postharvest pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium expansum. Of these isolates, Aureobasidium pullulans, Sporobolomyces roseus Rhodotorula sp., consistently reduced...
Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a devastating problem to potato production in many parts of the world. While the foliar phases of this disease are well characterized, tuber infection, leading to quality losses and disease perpetuation, is less well understood. Experiments were conducted during 1998 and 1999 in...
The antibiotics, streptomycin sulfate and oxytetracycline, are used widely for fire blight suppression in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The efficacy of streptomycin, however, is compromised by widespread streptomycin-resistance in E. amylovora populations, and oxytetracycline is only partially effective. Consequently, for several years, the aminoglycoside antibiotic, kasugamycin...
Effect of a sudangrass green manure in two soil types on the activity, populations
and community structure of soil microorganisms, populations of Verticillium dahliae in
soil and on potato roots, and potato early dying, were evaluated in a field microplot
experiment in the Columbia Basin. Potato cv. Russet Burbank was...
Green manures, soil solarization, and long rotations with crops not susceptible to Verticillium wilt are among the disease management tactics currently under investigation as alternatives to chemical fumigation of soil. The effect of a broccoli green manure on soil microsclerotial populations of three isolates of Verticillium dahliae and on Verticillium...