Faculty

My responsibilities include to develop and lead research and outreach programs that integrate chemical, cultural, and mechanical weed control measures using new or novel approaches for weed management in the wheat-based production systems of eastern Oregon. They will focus on weed management...

• Soil Science Education
• Organic & Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production.
• Service Learning
• Student Farming

Welcome to the Department of Crop and Soil Science

The Department of Crop and Soil Science (CSS) is an academic enterprise with nearly 150 faculty located at the Corvallis campus, branch experiment stations and county extension offices across Oregon. Faculty and...

Seed Science and Technology

Seed quality evaluation in relation to the physiology of seed germination, vigor, dormancy, storability, post-harvest technologies, and the relationship to field performance. Accepts only self-funded graduate students.

Small Farms

Lane County (also serving Benton and Linn Counties)

Extension Cereal Variety Program
Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center
48037 Tubbs Ranch Rd.
Adams, OR 97810

Focus areas: Farm and food system policy, local and regional food supply chains, community food system development.

Dr. Lauren Gwin is an Associate Professor in the Crop & Soil Science Department, Extension Community Food Systems Specialist, and Associate Director of OSU...

Forage Program Director with research, teaching, extension, and international activities focused on matching forage species to locations based on climate, soils, intended use, and management and alfalfa crop simulation modeling. Undergraduate and graduate teaching and student advising. State,...

Responsibilities include state-wide weed management support for agronomic crops for farmers, OSU Regional Extension Faculty, and the diverse agricultural industry throughout Oregon. Specific emphasis is on the development of environmentally and economically sustainable integrated weed management...

• Long-term effects of agricultural practices on production systems
• Hemp, oilseeds, essential oil and medicinal plants, plant chemicals
• Utilization of plant chemicals as alternatives to synthetic plant hormones, growth regulators, and pesticides
• ...

My research focus is to develop and facilitate the implementation of integrated pest management strategies for sustainable arthropod pest management in diverse Oregon cropping systems. My research interests include insect biology and ecology, host plant resistance, insect biocontrol, insect...

• Plant breeding and genetics curriculum development and distance learning
• Quantitative genetics
• Experimental design and statistics
• Breeding specialty crops for niche markets in Oregon (currently oats, flax, corn and meadowfoam)

I teach classes for the Sustainability Double-Degree Program and the Department of Horticulture - both on the Corvallis campus and through Ecampus.  My instructional duties also include coordination of service-learning projects for large undergraduate courses (SOIL 205, SUS 350, and SUS 304...

Stephen Machado leads the OSU's long-term research activities at CBARC Pendleton, CBARC Moro, and in Heppner in eastern Oregon. He is the Dryland Cropping Systems Agronomist for the semiarid Northcentral and Northeast Oregon. His responsibilities include establishing research priorities,...

My research and Extension program is focused on 1) understanding the ecology of invasive slugs and snails in agriculture, horticulture, urban areas, the natural environment and at the interface of these systems, and 2) developing and implementing novel strategies for the management of these...

I teach large-enrollment non-major courses in Soil Science and Environmental Science for the Sustainability Double-Degree program and the Crop and Soil Science Department at Oregon State University, both on the Corvallis campus and via OSU E-campus.

My research focuses changes in...

Students in my classes are often busy juggling home, children, work, and school. I strive for inclusiveness and accommodation. My focus is on helping students find ways to complete their class work, amidst all the turmoil and stressors that unfold daily.

As a Soil Scientist, I've...

I am no longer accepting graduate students due to planned retirement in 2021.

• Phytophthora diseases of woody plants
• Management of Phytophthora diseases in horticultural nurseries and native plant nurseries
• Soil...

Oilseed and Fiber Crops

Ron's Webpage: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reuterr/

• Integrated Pest Management
• Insects-Plant Interactions
• Biological Control
• Insect Ecology-Insect Movement
• Chemical Control

The goal of my research program is to develop and implement cost-effective reduced-risk Integrated...

Fundamental and applied research of cereal grain components,

Wheat- and barley-based foods,

Fermentation as a vehicle for improving cereal-foods' nutritional profiles.

Advocacy for whole-grain consumption: whole-grains, fiber, human gut microbiome, and human...

Garry is a Professor, Extension Small Farms Specialist and Director of the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, an alternative farming program at Oregon State University that is striving to change the world through small scale organic/sustainable agriculture and local/regional...

Field crop production in the South Willamette Valley

• Production of grass, legume and other specialty seed crops, cereals, mint and meadowfoam
• Using aerial imagery captured with unmanned aerial systems (a.k.a drones) to measure vole damage in grass seed...

field crop production in the mid-Willamette Valley; grass seed, oilseeds, mint, hops, small grains, wheat

Specialty:  Forage Agronomy, Cellulosic Bioenergy, Soil and Water Conservation

Collaborative Interests:

• Diverse forage species/varieties evaluation
• Crop drought stress physiology
• Irrigation efficiency
• Soil health
• ...

Focused on dryland cropping systems, soil, water and nutrient management, soil erosion, soil quality, and rotational crops.

Research projects are concerned with improving management of soils under dryland farming systems in relation to soil and water conservation, crop rotation, nutrient...