Integrated Pest Management

Oregon Integrated Pest Management Center (OIPMC)

The Oregon IPM Center promotes integrated pest management for Oregon and the Northwest region. Integrated pest management is a strategy that focuses on using creative techniques to battle pests. IPM strategies decrease dependence on pesticides as the main tool for battling insects, weeds and plant diseases. These long-term solutions work in harmony to defend against pests on farms, schools, homes, and anywhere pests can be a problem.

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IPM for Schools

Integrated Pest Management for Ants in Schools

Ant species are often beneficial in landscape settings. They aerate the soil, distribute seeds and play an important role in recycling organic matter. But the same ant species obtain pest status when found indoors. When finding ...

Tim Stock | Jan 2022 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Tips for Making Your School IPM Plan Complete

Oregon Integrated Pest Management coordinators and other school staff from Oregon school districts, education service districts, community colleges, private K-12 schools and federal Head Start programs collaborated to ...

Tim Stock, Alyssa Cain, Emily Braithwaite, Alec Kowalewski, Brian McDonald, Clint Mattox | Aug 2022 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Integrated Pest Management for Ants in the Classroom

Ants invading school buildings is a commonly reported pest problem in the Pacific Northwest. Many ant species are remarkably capable of finding food and moisture and highly efficient at harvesting and transporting their precious ...

Tim Stock | Jan 2022 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

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IPM Guides

2023 Pest Management Guide for Tree Fruits: Hood River, The Dalles, White Salmon, Rogue Valley, Umatilla County

This guide provides tree fruit growers with the latest information on pesticides and herbicides for fruit trees. People who grow apples, pears and cherries can learn application rates and recommendations for each stage of tree growth.

Ashley Thompson, Rick Hilton, Achala KC, Marcelo Moretti, Jay W. Pscheidt, Nik Wiman, Christopher Adams, Andony Melathopoulos, Cody Copp | Jan 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

2023 Pest Management Guide for Wine Grapes in Oregon

Learn the most effective techniques for controlling insects, weeds and disease on wine grapes in Oregon. This comprehensive publication for growers covers strategies for controlling powdery mildew, botrytis bunch rot and spider mites,...

Patricia A. Skinkis, Jay W. Pscheidt, Achala KC, Marcelo Moretti, Vaughn Walton, Cody Copp | Feb 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

2022 Hazelnut Pest Management Guide for the Willamette Valley

Learn how to control insects, weeds and disease during each stage of hazelnut growth. View the app version View diseases, pests and products by crop stage on a web-based app. Try the app

Nik Wiman, Jay W. Pscheidt, Marcelo Moretti | Apr 2022 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

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2022 Pest Management Guide for Apples: Willamette Valley

By Nik Wiman Jay W. Pscheidt and Marcelo Moretti

Learn the latest recommendations for insect, mite and disease control in Willamette Valley apple orchards.

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Oregon Department of Agriculture: Grape Quarantine

Oregon Department of Agriculture administeres a Grape Pest and Disease Quarantine program to limit the spread of vineyard pests into and across the state. Visit this page for more information on the quarantine program.

Oregon Department of Agriculture | Mar 2023 | Online resource

Inspecting green-growing vines for vine mealybug

How to check for vine mealybug on shipments of new grape vines. This video is available in English and Spanish. Transcript: Vine mealy bug (VMB: Planococcus ficus) has been found in recent nursery shipments of green-growing ...

University of California Cooperative Extension, Napa | Jun 2018 | Video

Monitoring for Vine Mealybug

This video by University of California Cooperative Extension, Napa, provides information on monitoring vineyards for vine mealybug.

University of California Cooperative Extension Napa | Jul 2020 | Video

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Latest News

Solve Pest and Weed Problems website gives gardeners solutions

The content – peer reviewed by the OSU Department of Horticulture – is presented in categories with information below each photo. Clicking on the photo takes users to another page that offers information about identification, ...

Mar 2023 | Impact story

New Extension website helps solve pest and disease problems

Solve Pest and Weed Problems focuses specifically on the Pacific Northwest and prioritizes low-risk approaches.

Kym Pokorny | Nov 11, 2022 | News story

OSU Extension set to release tiny wasp that targets destructive fruit fly

U.S. Department of Agriculture has permitted release of the wasp (Ganaspis brasiliensis), which attacks destructive spotted wing drosophla.

Kym Pokorny | Jun 6, 2022 | News story

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