Stuart Reitz

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Statewide Needs Assessment for the Hemp Industry in Oregon

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 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

How to control household ants?

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...

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Stink bugs and boxelder bugs everywhere?

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?

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The Economic Impact of Onion Pests in the Treasure Valley

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 | Mar 2022 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Was this spider silk or something else?

Q: While driving across the upper Klamath Basin mid October, my husband and I saw what looked like spider silk or web drifting in the air, and caught in trees and fence-lines - lots of it! Can you tell me what that is?

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Is this a hobo spider?

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?

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Potato Psyllid Vector of Zebra Chip Disease in the Pacific Northwest

This publication addresses the emergent issue in the Pacific Northwest of a potato infection called zebra chip disease, vectored by the potato psyllid. Includes information on the bacterium, the biology of the ...

Silvia I. Rondon, Alan Schreiber, Phil Hamm, Nora Olsen, Erik Wenninger, Carrie Wohleb, Tim Waters, Rodney Cooper, Darrin Walenta, Stuart Reitz | Apr 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

What is this huge larvae in my mason bee box?

Q: I found a chunk of dried mud with some larvae embedded in it. It was in our mason bee box, but way too big for mason bees. What could it be?

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An Integrated Pest Management Strategic Plan for Treasure Valley Onions: Oregon and Idaho (2019)

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 ...

Katie Murray, Stuart Reitz, Paul Jepson | Sep 2019 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Jumping spider encounter?

Q: I just watched a spider of the small jumping kind crawl up from the floor board of my car, across the dash, and onto my steering wheel column. It then climbed out to the end of the steering wheel column, closest to ...

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Is it warm enough to release ladybugs?

Q: We have an infestation of lady bugs upstairs in our house. Am I helping them by collecting them and taking them outside or will they just die because it's too cold?

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Internal Dry Scale and Associated Bulb Rots of Onion

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...

Lindsey J. du Toit, Tim Waters, Stuart Reitz | May 2016 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Detecting Plant Diseases in the Lab

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 | Jul 2015 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

How to Identify a Plant or Weed

When you want to identify a plant (weed), the first thing you need to do is take a picture of it. Then, collect and press the entire plant, if possible, and record information about it. Record where you collected the ...

Silvia I. Rondon, Mary Corp, Steve M. Van Vleet, Stuart Reitz, Pamela Hutchinson | Jul 2015 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Using A Plant Press

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 ...

Silvia I. Rondon, Mary Corp, Steve Van Vleet, Stuart Reitz, Pamela Hutchinson | Jul 2015 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Integrating Integrated Pest Management

Insects, weeds and plant pathogens are problems that confront farmers in trying to grow a successful crop. Insect pests can defoliate crop plants. Weeds can outcompete crops for light, water and nutrients. Pathogens can cause disease epidemics that destroy entire crops.

Silvia I. Rondon, Mary Corp, Stephen M. Van Vleet, Stuart Reitz, Pamela Hutchinson | Jul 2015 | Video

Monitoring diseases in the field

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 | Jul 2015 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

IPM Insect Pests of Wheat

Presentation by Steve Van Vleet, Washington State University, Whitman County Extension

Silvia I. Rondon, Stuart Reitz, Steve Van Vleet | Apr 2010 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

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