This week we are joined by Heath Keirstead and Jerry Paul from the Benton Soil and Water Conservation District (BSWCD). Heath is BSWCD’s Communication and Community Engagement Manager and Jerry has been involved with BSWCD as ...
Presentation by Silvia Rondon on Insect Ecology. Topics covered include types of metamorphosis, effects of temperature on development, how temperature affects SWD and potato tuberworm.
To mark 100 episodes of PolliNation we have assembled the dedicated faculty from OSU to answer your questions: Lincoln Best (Taxonomist, Oregon Bee Atlas), Dr. Sandra DeBano (OSU Terrestrial Invertebrate Ecology Lab, Hermiston), ...
Some of the best plants for long-tongued bees like bumble bees and honey bees are grown for livestock. This week we dive deep into these livestock plants with Dr. Serkan Ates. Dr. Ates is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences.
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 |
VideoPeer reviewed (Gray level)
Roads crisis-cross the state of Oregon, making roadsides an appealing focus for creating an interconnected network of pollinator habitat. But roadside habitat has to fit within the constraints faced by Departments of Transports. In ...
Bee habitat in agricultural landscapes is key element in any good strategy for pollinator health. But farmers have a lot going on and may not have clear answers to some important pollination questions. Our guest is here to ...
Dr. Cane is a Research Entomologist with the USDA’s Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research in Logan, UT. Dr. Cane has been interested in comparative studies of solitary bees for 30 years, beginning with the ...