IPM in Washington
With a firm foundation of laboratory and applied research, faculty and staff of WSU communicate the latest in crop protection and sustainable pest management tactics to our state's agricultural producers and other end users.
Agricultural IPM
Washington State produces over 300 agricultural commodities, and WSU's
researchers and extension professionals serve many of them. From field
crops to seed crops, small fruits to tree fruits, this site contains
information on a wide variety of IPM tactics. The next time you tuck
into a green salad, ribeye steak, and a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon,
thank the lettuce seed, beef cattle, and wine grape specialists at WSU.
NEW! WSU Extension has released a Beef Management Calendar for 2012. This customizable, month-at-a-glance calendar comes with instructions on how to set up a useful reference for your cattle production operation, including economic, feeding, breeding, calving, herd health, and other management concerns.
Urban IPM
Integrated pest management touches our lives in our homes, our offices, and our children's schools. Indoors and outdoors, it's a concern wherever people and pests live in proximity. Innovative, research-based training programs developed and delivered by WSU's urban IPM specialists are addressing urban IPM all across Washington State.
Information Outreach
Working throughout the state, we provide a wide variety of research-based
information to students, growers, structural pest control operators, landscape
professionals, schools, and homeowners, including
- printed materials
- classroom instruction
- field demonstrations
- websites such as this
- workshops
- IPM certification programs
- pesticide safety education
- database of registered pesticides
- database of tolerance limits
- expert counsel
- development and implementation of recommendations for IPM strategies in crops and sites statewide
IN THE NEWS
Soft-fruit growers of Washington are paying special attention to spotted wing drosophila (SWD), a new and potentially devastating pest that has expanded its distribution across the state since its arrival in fall of 2009. For the latest updates, see the WSU Extension SWD Website and the YouTube video.
Media coverage has included:
- Study of new pest focuses on life cycle, WSU Today, 11-17-10
- WSU Extension SWD website launched, WSU Today, 10-14-10
- Backyard fruit trees, Tri-City Herald, 8-23-10
- SWD doesn't favor WA wine grapes, Tri-City Herald, 8-13-10
- SWD as garden pest, Seattle Times, 7-28-10
- SWD found in Pasco, Mattawa, Douglas County, Tri-City Herald, 7-15-10
- Researchers prepare for possibility of SWD, Tri-City Herald, 5-12-10
- Intrastate and interstate SWD collaboration, WSU Today, 5-10-10
- Researchers battle SWD, Seattle Times, 3-13-10
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