Academic Report of College of Agricultural Sciences

Paul Jepson, in the Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, is the Director of the IPPC (Integrated Plant Protection Center). The IPPC built free online tools that link nearly 16,000 weather stations across the country to the biological schedule of over 100 pests and plant diseases. Farmers can use the software to schedule precise times to spray, making pesticide usage more efficient and less taxing on the environment. Furthermore, Dr. Jepson is active in IPM (Integrated Pest Management) education and outreach and has provided instruction and workshops in the UK, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, Kenya, Malaysia, and Peru.

http://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/summer-2014/pest-counterpunch

http://www.ipmnet.org/Staff-Paul.htm

http://ipmnet.org/