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PNW-VEG Objectives
- Assist with diagnoses of vegetable diseases, pests, and other problems
- Coordinate vegetable disease, pest, and production research and extension activities in the Pacific Northwest
- Provide growers and gardeners with resources to manage vegetable diseases, pests, and abiotic problems in environmentally-sound ways
- Publish new information about vegetable pathogens, pests and other problems; and their biology and management
- Serve the region’s fresh vegetable, processing vegetable, and vegetable seed crop industries
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Fruit & Vegetable Processing Short Course, May 13–15, Corvallis, OR
This 3-day short course provides attendees with concepts of basic fruit and vegetable processing technologies, quality analysis, and hands-on experience through pilot plant exercises.
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Irrigation and Water Workshop Series, April–August, WSU Mount Vernon NWREC
This series includes nine workshops with topics covering big gun vs. boom irrigation, climate change impacts, Ag Weather Net, drip irrigation, boom irrigation, food safety concerns and more. |
PNW-VEG Activities
We schedule conference calls during the growing season to discuss current vegetable diseases, pests, and other problems observed in the region. Conference calls are followed by electronic newsletters with up-to-date information on the biology and control of selected vegetable pathogens and pests. We maintain a calendar of vegetable-related activities in Washington, and a web site which includes information and resources about identifying and managing vegetable diseases, pests, and other problems. Digital images of plant disease, pest, and abiotic specimens are relayed electronically among team member locations to expedite diagnoses. Disease diagnosis workshops and vegetable disease and pest field tours are also coordinated by the PNW-VEG.
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