Integrated Pest Management

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Oregon IPM Center

Oregon's Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program aims to achieve economically sustainable pest management for Oregon's agricultural industries with reduced risks to human health and the environment. Our tools and projects help farmers adapt to an increasingly uncertain world through high impact science and education partnerships.

Aug 2018 | Online resource

Integrated Pest Management Strategic Plan for Hazelnuts in Oregon and Washington

Growers, commodity-group representatives, pest-control advisors, processors, university specialists, and other technical experts from the hazelnut industry in Oregon and Washington assembled this plan, which outlines major pests, current ...

Katie Murray, Paul Jepson | Jan 2019 | OSU Extension Catalog

Choosing a Pest Control Company: IPM Is the Key

IPM is a common-sense pest management strategy that focuses on long-term solutions to pest problems with minimum impact on human health and the environment. This publication tells how to choose a pest control company that uses IPM.

Tim Stock, Rick Hilton | Nov 2015 | OSU Extension Catalog

Cómo Elegir a una Compañía de Control de Plagas: El IPM es la Clave

El IPM es una estrategia con sentido común para el manejo de plagas que se enfoca en las soluciones para las plagas al largo plazo y con el mínimo impacto a la salud humana y al medio ambiente. Esta publicación explica cómo elegir a una compañía de control de plagas que usa el IPM.

Tim Stock, Rick Hilton | Nov 2015 | OSU Extension Catalog

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Ask an Expert: Fruit Fly Death

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Aug 2016 | Video

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.

Stuart Reitz | 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 | Apr 2015 | Video

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