Recipient Organization
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
(N/A)
CORVALLIS,OR 97331
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
The main goal of this proposal is to coordinate Integrated Pest Management (IPM) implementation across Oregon for agriculture and non-agricultural sectors, focusing on four priority areas: (1) IPM Implementation in Agronomic and/or Specialty Crops, (2) IPM Implementation in Communities, (3) IPM for Pesticide Applicators, and (4) IPM Support for Pest Diagnostics. Priority 1 includes 1) developing IPM StrategicPlans; 2) heightening the use of decision-support tools; 3) strengthening IPM outreach and education; and 4) connecting with IPM practitioners across the region by addressing critical needs. Priority 2 will focus on our new website, Solve Pest Problems, which provides ondemand and non-technical pest management information to urban and rural residents, landscapers, Master Gardeners, and underserved communities. Through collaboration with the statewide Pesticide Safety Education Program, in Priority 3 we will create content focusing onpesticide use within the context of IPM, pesticide-resistance management, and develop webbased tools for pesticide risk mitigation. Lastly, in Priority 4 we will partner with diagnostic clinics and professionals to provide training on pest identification, targeting multiple cropsthroughout Oregon including emerging problems; orchard insect pests and beneficials; pest outbreaks such as grasshoppers; and emergingweeds including Palmer amaranth. Our services incorporate research innovations and extension outreach into hands-on, in-person, hybrid, and online programs with educational materials in both English and Spanish. Programs are transdisciplinary, fully integrating social, economic, and technical dimensions to enable our audiences to adopt and implement IPM strategie
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
0%
Applied
100%
Developmental
0%
Goals / Objectives
Our overall goal is to coordinate Integrated Pest Management (IPM)implementation across Oregon for agriculture and non-agricultural sectors, focusing on fourpriority areas: (1) IPM Implementation in Agronomic and/or Specialty Crops (65% of budget),(2) IPM Implementation in Communities (15%), (3) IPM for Pesticide Applicators (10%), and(4) IPM Support for Pest Diagnostics (10%). Priority 1 includes 1) developing IPM StrategicPlans; 2) heightening the use of decision-support tools; 3) strengthening IPM outreach andeducation; and 4) connecting with IPM practitioners across the region by addressing criticalneeds. Priority 2 will focus on our new website, Solve Pest Problems, which provides ondemandand non-technical pest management information to urban and rural residents,landscapers, Master Gardeners, and underserved communities. Through collaboration with thestatewide Pesticide Safety Education Program, in Priority 3 we will create content focusing onpesticide use within the context of IPM, pesticide-resistance management, and develop webbasedtools for pesticide risk mitigation. Lastly, in Priority 4 we will partner with diagnosticclinics and professionals to provide training on pest identification, targeting multiple cropsthroughout Oregon including emerging problems like boxwood blight and Phytophthoradiseases; orchard insect pests and beneficials; pest outbreaks such as grasshoppers; and emergingweeds including Palmer amaranth. Our services incorporate research innovations and extensionoutreach into hands-on, in-person, hybrid, and online programs with educational materials inboth English and Spanish. Programs are transdisciplinary, fully integrating social, economic, andtechnical dimensions to enable our audiences to adopt and implement IPM strategies.
Project Methods
The Oregon IPM Center is focused on engaging our local and regional partners to deliver science-based IPM education and training. Our services are promoted to a wide audience by incorporating the innovations of research and extension into hands-on, in-person, hybrid, and online programs. This includes facilitating the development of needs assessment documentation through IPM Strategic Planning(IPMSP) and Crop Pest Losses Impact Assessments (CPLIA), as well as the production of new IPM education materials in both English and Spanish. Our open-source decision support tools at USPest.org platform produce pest and disease risk forecasts for over 165+ species, providing our clientele and tens of thousands of other end users nationwide with information to support timely and effective managementactivities. Our IPM programming around the state and region improves the understanding of the role of pesticides and biological controls within the IPM framework, promotes IPM as a tool for the management of pesticide resistance, and aids IPM decision-making through enhanced pest modeling, scouting, and identification. The team at the Oregon IPM Center is diverse in its scientific and educational background, with expertise that ensures that our transdisciplinary program fully integrates social, economic, and technical. Our approach will be applied in nature relying on our extension partners around the state. Each objetive has been crafted to develop outcomes applicable to our unique audiences. Each program will be evaluated and realigned when needed. We will be working with our Extension evaluator team, to make sure our deliverables are effective.