INTEGRATED PLANT PROTECTION CENTER

The Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC) was formed in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU) in 1969, and has been conducting research and outreach in a state, national and international setting ever since.

The IPPC provides a home for the State IPM Coordinator, who works with the USDA CSREES, the federal partner of the Land Grant Universities in the USA, to implement integrated pest management (IPM) practices wherever these are needed. This program of implementation is guided by the National Roadmap for IPM, which has established goals for delivering economically sustainable pest management with lower costs to human health and to the environment in the USA. To help us in this process, the USDA has established four regional IPM Centers, and the IPPC works closely with the Western IPM Center based at University of California, Davis.

The IPPC leads and coordinates a number of multi-investigator, multi-state research and outreach programs, but it is only one element of the broader IPM program at OSU. Follow the links on this site to locate the wide array of IPM related activity at OSU and the IPM programs of our state and regional partners. IPPC is also engaged in a number of international programs, including publication of IPMnet NEWS. Please save our homepage as a bookmark or ‘favorite’ to keep abreast of new developments.

This web site was established in June 2006, and the information and services that it provides access to will be expanding in the coming years. We appreciate your patience while this process of development is underway.