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Controlling Root and Crown Diseases of Small Grain Cereals

This publication describes practices to manage and minimize losses from root and crown diseases of wheat and barley throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Richard Smiley, Timothy Paulitz, Juliet Marshall | Nov 2012 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Training and Pruning Your Home Orchard

Learn how to train and prune apple, pear, sweet cherry, sour cherry, peach, prune, plum, apricot, fig, persimmon, walnut, hazelnut and chestnut trees.

Jeff L. Olsen | Aug 2019 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

What's Wrong with my Potato Tubers? Diagnosing Tuber Abnormalities in Western Oregon and Washington

Describes and illustrates (color photos) tuber damage caused by insect pests, plant diseases, and physiological disorders.

Lane Selman, Nick Andrews, Alexandra Stone, Al Mosley | Jan 2008 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Corn Smuts

Two types of smut attack corn in the Pacific Northwest: common smut and head smut. This publication provides descriptions of symptoms and the disease cycle, and management strategies (which differ considerably between...

S. Krishna Mohan, Phil Hamm, George Clough, Lindsey J. du Toit | Jul 2013 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Forest Health Fact Sheet: Diseases and Insect Pests of Pacific Madrone

Discusses three major types of madrone diseases--foliage, branch dieback and trunk canker, and root--and ways to minimize and manage. Discusses insect pests of madrone: fall webworm, western tent caterpillar, aphids, and leaf miners. Color photos. Sources of further information.

Max Bennett, David C. Shaw | May 2008 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Forest Health Fact Sheet: Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)

Gives basic facts about a serious plant disease called Sudden Oak Death, caused by the pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Describes risk of disease to forest health and to commercial nursery industry. Shows disease ...

David C. Shaw | Jun 2007 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)