Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Ocamb, Ext. Specialist & Associate Professor
Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU - Corvallis
Telephone: (541) 737-4020
ocambc@science.oregonstate.edu
Cooperators: David H. Gent, USDA-ARS, Corvallis
Robert B. McReynolds, North Willamette Research & Ext. Center, OSU
Jim Myers, Dept. of Horticulture, OSU
Objectives:
1. Evaluate ascospore detection of S. sclerotiorum using multiple Rotorod spore traps and monitor environmental conditions within commercial and experimental snap bean fields to begin model development of ascospore absence or detection events.