A Modern Oregon State University Extension Service website provides a trove of scientific discipline - based solvent for garden pests , weeds , and disease problems in one easy - to - navigate space .

The project was shepherded by Weston Miller , an OSU Extension community plantsman who got the ball rolling six class ago when cooperator expressed interestingness and provided stock for what would become the   Solve Pest and Weed Problems   internet site .

“ Our stakeholders – Metro , the East and West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation Districts , and the city of Gresham – take exception OSU to make a exploiter - friendly pestis direction resource for the populace . Part of my occupation was to count on out the resource Extension has and pull them together in one berth , ” Miller say .

figure out Pest and Weed Problems focalize specifically on the Pacific Northwest and prioritizes depleted - danger approach . Based on feedback , Miller incorporate house pests , invasive plants , pesticide condom , and pollinators , as well as pests and disease .

Peer - reviewed content“We did extensive planning , including community involvement , exploiter testing , feedback from federal agency , nonprofits , and many more , ” Miller said . “ We were able to hire a professional to design the website and do graphic design . bit by bit , we kept meliorate it and make on it . ”

The peer - reviewed content is presented in family with the information presented below picture . tap the photo admit you to another page that pop the question information about recognition , look - alikes , and specific selective information on mastery . High - caliber , semblance photos illustrate each matter .

After compiling Extension resource from sources like the Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks , submission are indite by Miller with help from Signe Danler , OSU Extension Master Gardener on-line horticulture instructor , and other OSU expert . The content is peer - review by the OSU Department of Horticulture in the College of Agricultural Sciences . Miller edit the subject matter and posts it on the website . More entries will be supply in the time to come .

To furnish more information , the website sport data link to other OSU Extension resources , as well as to other university - story , scientific discipline - based source .

“ We desire that the great unwashed , both public and individual property director find out practical gadfly management and prevention , ” Miller enjoin . “ We want people to apply it to make informed decisions for their gardens and public spaces . ”

To do that , users will find sections on using fewer pesticide , pesticide safety , organic pesticide , and preventative measure like plant in the right-hand billet for the size of it , water indigence , exposure , and soil for each plant . Using good selection criteria hold plants healthy , and a healthy plant can resist off blighter and diseases , Miller allege . The hope , he added , is that people will use fewer pesticides – or , if they do , in a secure manner .

Weeds – from both side of the Cascades and from throughout the state – get attention . Examples include cheatgrass in eastern and western Oregon ; pampas green goddess on the coast ; and the tree heaven , a species of concern statewide . The website includes guides about how to make do landscapes without pesticides or herbicides and 20 pages of pesticide safety counselling .

“ We ’re putting together material that ’s not available in one place with such stark information , ” Miller said . “ We are super grateful to our partnerships in the broader community who were looking to have a long-wearing info inspection and repair to receive a fairly defined motive . I ’m proud of what we ’ve accomplished . ”

For more information : Oregon State Universitywww.solvepestproblems.oregonstate.edu