Q: My neighbor has found this spider (see picture) twice in her house recently. Do you know what type of spider it is? Is it a hobo spider, and is it dangerous?
The Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC), Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (KBREC) and Malheur Experiment Station, all branches of the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station, conduct ...
Stuart Reitz, Brian Charlton, Carlos Bonilla |
Jan 2025 |
Impact story
Photo: Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.or (Cropped from original)
Drip tape irrigation produces two million pounds of plastic waste each year in Malheur County. Luckily, two OSU Chemical Engineering faculty have been working on a process that could turn drip tape plastic into diesel fuel for growers’ tractors.
Henry Carnell |
Aug 27, 2024 |
News story
Credit: Stephen Ward, (c) Oregon State University (Cropped from original)
This needs assessment identifies what is known about hemp cultivation and knowledge gaps recognized by industry members, including growers, processors and allied stakeholders. This information will help establish priorities...
Govinda Shrestha, Cynthia M. Ocamb, Hannah Rivedal, Achala KC, Jeremiah Dung, Kenneth Frost, Don Wysocki, Stuart Reitz, Jeffrey Steiner |
Dec 2023 |
OSU Extension CatalogPeer reviewed (Orange level)
Q: I have an ant problem inside my house. Throughout the year I have ants roaming every room of my house, with periodic outbreaks when they find something to eat. When there's an outbreak, I use bait to deal with them, but...
Q: The exterior of my house is covered in stink bugs and boxelder bugs. Occasionally, some also get inside my home. How do I get rid of them without using pesticides?
A look at pest data for onions grown in the Treasure Valley demonstrates the yield and economic impacts of specific pests and management practices. This data can help researchers, crop consultants and those ...
Katie Murray, Isaac Sandlin, Peter Ellsworth, Paul Jepson, Al Fournier, Hang-Kwang Luh, Stuart Reitz |
Jun 2023 |
OSU Extension CatalogPeer reviewed (Orange level)
Growers, commodity-group representatives, pest-control advisors, university specialists, and other technical experts from the Treasure Valley in Oregon and Idaho provide an overview of onion production. They identify pest ...
On-Farm Readiness Review (OFRR) is designed as a tool to help regulators and educators effectively prepare farmers for compliance with Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)'s produce safety rule.
Jovana Kovacevic, Joy Waite-Cusic, Luisa Santamaria, Stuart Reitz, Sara Runkel |
Project
Zebra chip disease is a potato infection emergent in the Pacific Northwest. Learn about the bacterium, the biology of the potato psyllid vector, the damage it causes and management techniques.
Silvia I. Rondon, Alan Schreiber, Phil Hamm, Nora Olsen, Erik Wenninger, Carrie Wohleb, Tim Waters, Rodney Cooper, Darrin Walenta, Stuart Reitz |
Jun 2023 |
OSU Extension CatalogPeer reviewed (Orange level)
Onion growers and packers in the Pacific Northwest have observed a problem on red, white, and yellow cultivars: internal dry scale. Bulbs affected by internal dry scale have dead inner scales that are susceptible...
Preserving plant specimens is the best way to identify plants by their characteristics at a later period of time. It is always best (if possible) to collect the entire plant specimen at peak production, so you have included the roots, flowers and potentially the seeds of the plant.
Silvia I. Rondon, Mary Corp, Steve Van Vleet, Stuart Reitz, Pamela Hutchinson |
Jun 2024 |
VideoPeer reviewed (Gray level)
Diseases can reduce the yield and nutritional quality of crops. Vectors are organisms that transmit pathogens that cause diseases and can also threaten crops. Some important vectors of plant pathogens in the Pacific Northwest ...
Silvia I. Rondon, Mary Corp, Stephen M. Van Vleet, Stuart Reitz, Pamela Hutchinson |
Apr 2024 |
VideoPeer reviewed (Gray level)
The Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Hermiston, Oregon has a full- service, plant pathology diagnostic lab that serves the growing needs of the agricultural community in the Columbia Basin. The lab receives ...
Silvia I. Rondon, Mary Corp, Stephen M. Van Vleet, Stuart Reitz, Pamela Hutchinson, Cassandra Sago |
Apr 2024 |
VideoPeer reviewed (Gray level)
