The Tools to Move Forward
Oregon IPM Center creates and gathers resources to help anyone working in agriculture make informed and effective decisions, from farmers to researchers to legislators. Below you'll find quick access to some of these tools. To find out more, visit the program area's main page.
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NEW! Pesticide Risk Reduction: An International Guideline.
- This shortened version of this guide includes a table of pesticides considered "lower-risk", a have minimum PPE requirements. This table may be helpful for applicators when PPE is in short supply due to local or global emergencies such as Coronavirus.
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This document is a supplement to the paper Selection of pesticides to reduce human and environmental health risks: a global guideline and minimum pesticides list, published in the Lancet: Planetary Health, March 2020. See the article about the paper in the Spring Issue of Oregon IPM Insider.
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Research and Planning Decisions
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Insect Identification Resources (via OSU Extension)
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Integrated Pest Management Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide (2019)
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NEW! Pollinator Protection
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IPM Strategies for Pollinator Protection in Nurseries
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IPM Strategies for Managing Spotted Wing Drosophila and Protecting Pollinators in Blueberries
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IPM Strategies for Managing Pathogens and Protecting Pollinators in Blueberries
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Pollination and Pests of Chile in New Mexico (NMSU)
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Managing Squash Bugs in New Mexico (NMSU)
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These videos are part of a collaborative project, "IPM for Western Managed Pollinator Protection Plans (MP3)" with Oregon IPM Center, NMSU Agricultural Science Center, Las Lunas and Oregon State University Extension, with support from Western IPM Center through USDA-NIFA.
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Strategic Plans & Reports
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Pacific Northwest
- Bivalves (Oregon and Washington, 2010)
- Blueberries (Oregon and Washington, revised 2011)
- Christmas Trees (Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, 2009)
- Cranberries (Oregon and Washington, 2019)
- Hazelnuts (Oregon and Washington, 2019)
- Hops (Idaho, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Washington, issued 2008, revised 2015)
- Mint (Oregon, Washington and Idaho, 2020)
- NEW! Ornamental Nurseries (Oregon, 2022)
- Onions, Treasure Valley (Oregon and Idaho, 2019)
- Potatoes (Oregon, Washington and Idaho, 2020)
- Pears (Oregon and Washington, 2021)
- Sweet cherries (Oregon and Washington, 2019)
- Wine grapes (Oregon, 2016)
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International
- Maize (Malawi, 2019)
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Fall Armyworm in Africa: A guide for IPM (2018)
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Pacific Northwest
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Crop Pest Loss Impacts Assessments
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Pest Alerts and Fact Sheets
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Outreach and Extension
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IPM by Cropping Systems
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Degree-Day and Phenology Prediction Tools
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Disease Risk Prediction Apps: Pathogen-specific risk prediction tools optimized for mobile use.
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Sign up for automated email notifications for all plant disease models: Create an account
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Disease Risk and Alert Maps
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Boxwood Blight (also available as Apple iOS and Android apps)
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Legacy tools (no longer updated)
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Mint IPM (LEGACY, no longer updated)
- Potato IPM (LEGACY, no longer updated)
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