Extension Service Site Publications

• (2024) Management Guidelines for the Clover Seed Weevil in Oregon White Clover Seed Production Clover seed weevils feed on developing white clover seed, damaging the crop. This pest has become resistant to certain pesticides. Learn alternate management strategies.
• (2024) Billbug Species Complex in Grass Seed Production Systems of Oregon: Characteristics, Impact and Management Options Billbugs are pests you may see in turf grasses or in grass seed production. Learn the characteristics of billbug feeding damage, their impact on grass seed crops and effective management strategies.
• (2024) Integrated Pest Management Guidelines and Biocontrol of Cereal Leaf Beetle in the Pacific Northwest For years, a small wasp has helped control the cereal leaf beetle, a pest of grass and cereal grains. But now beetle numbers are climbing. Here are some options to reduce this pest's impact on crops.
• (2021) Pocket Guide to Grass Seed Pests and Beneficials: Identification, Monitoring, Management Learn to identify common pests and beneficial insects found in grass seed production fields across Oregon. Discover where pests are found, learn signs of damage and determine thresholds.
  
  
• (2020) Omnivorous leaftier: A ubiquitous and often minor pest of small grains and other seed crops of Western Oregon The omnivorous leaftier is a minor but widespread pest in Western Oregon, affecting grains and seed crops. Study how its life cycle and management strategies can help protect your crops.
• (2020) Invertebrate pest management for Pacific Northwest pastures Explore effective strategies to safeguard the ecological and economic benefits of pastures from arthropods and gastropods in the Pacific Northwest.
• (2022) PNW Insect Management Handbook Covers pesticide safety and toxicity, protecting bees, adjuvants, mixing tables, calibration and biological control. Other sections cover a wide variety of agricultural and nonagricultural products such as commercial vegetables, small fruit, turf and ornamentals, hay and pasture, grains, seeds, home gardens, greenhouses, livestock, poultry, household and public health. Each section describes pests, the damage they do, and recommended management.
  Fully indexed. Revised annually. Revision dates are listed at the start of each article and section.