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Faculty and Staff

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Andrews, Nicholas
Metro Small Farms Extension Agent

Metro Area Small Farms Extension Agent serving Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties, specializing in Horticulture with a focus on vegetable production and organic methods.

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Office: 503-678-1264
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Angima, Sam
Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement

Extension Small Farms Program

Office: 541-737-3742
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Bohle, Mylen
Associate Professor, Extension Forage and Crop Management
  • Hay, forage, and cereal production.
  • Fertility and irrigation management.
  • Weed control in organic forage systems.
Office: 541-447-6228
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Braunworth, William
Department Head

In December 2013, Bill Braunworth was named Head of the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He holds the BS in general agronomy (1975) and the MS in Crop Science (1977) from...

Office: 541-737-1317
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Brewer, Linda
Senior Faculty Research Assistant II

Technical Writer and Project Manager

I manage multiple research grants in the College of Agricultural Sciences, including:...

Office: 541-737-1408
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Bubl, Charles (Chip)
Associate Professor, Staff Chair and Extension Horticulturalist in Agriculture

Consults on organic or conventional horticultural crops and livestock.

Office: 503-397-3462
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Corp, Mary
Emeritus Appointment

I work with various techniques to control weeds in dryland wheat production. This work includes seeding rates, seeding patterns, and various in-crop tillage options. Currently I am looking at the...

Office: 541-278-5403
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Durham, Catherine
Emeritus Marketing Economist

Fields: Agricultural Marketing, Consumer Economics, Demand Analysis

Office: (503) 872-6680
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Ellen, Gwendolyn
Coord-Conservation BioControl

Farmscaping for Beneficials

Office: 541-737-6272
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Halbleib, Mary
Associate Professor of Practice

Mary supports Extension faculty, and other educators, in becoming more skillful in creating and conducting effective integrated pest management (IPM) and sustainable agriculture outreach...

Office: 541-737-2683
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Hilton, Richard
Senior Faculty Research Assistant, Entomologist
  • Integrated pest management.
  • Research focusing on arthropod pests in orchards and vineyards, including new invasive pests such as the brown marmorated stink bug and emergent...
Office: 541-772-5165
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Ingham, Russell
Professor

Biology, ecology and pathology of nematodes in natural and agroecosystems; nematode management in potato, peppermint and fruit crops.

  • Nematodes which live in soil may be plant...
Office: 541-737-5255 x5253
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Johnson, Kenneth
Professor

Plant pathology with emphasis on disease ecology, pathogen detection and integrated management strategies.

Office: 541-737-5249 x5248
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Kaiser, Clive
Professor and Interim Director of HAREC

Temperate fruit, wine grape and vegetable research & Extension in Umatilla County, eastern Oregon.

Prevention of Sweet Cherry Fruit Cracking using SureSeal, an Organic...

Office: 541-567-8321
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Lambrinos, John
Associate Professor

We are beginning to understand that interactions between landscape elements underlie many of the important issues we face as a human society. I am fascinated by the ecological processes that tie...

Office: 541-737-3484
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Lev, Larry
Emeritus Professor and Extension Economist

Fields: Values-based agricultural supply chains, farmers markets and other direct marketing channels, participatory research and outreach methods

Office: 541-737-1417
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Machado, Stephen
Professor, Dryland Cropping System Agronomist

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...

Office: 541-278-4416
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Miller, Weston
Associate Professor (Practice)

Consumer Horticulture

Clackamas County Extension
200 Warner Milne Rd
Oregon City, OR 97045

Office: 503-650-3124
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Myers, James
Professor, Vegetable Breeding and Genetics

We develop improved vegetable varieties with the main focus being to support gardeners, growers and processors in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). This region of the United States has a unique...

Office: 541-737-3083
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Peachey, Ed
Associate Professor (Practice)

Ed works in the Horticulture Department at OSU in research and extension. His focus is vegetable crop production including processed, fresh market and seed crops, with an emphasis on weed and...

Office: 541-737-3152
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Penhallegon, Ross
Emeritus Appointment

I focus on urban and commercial horticulture.

  • Organic food production
  • Composting
  • Consult with organic farming community
  • Hazelnuts
  • Berries
Office: 541-344-1709
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Pscheidt, Jay
Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology and Extension Plant Pathology Specialist

My work focuses on diagnosis of disease problems on woody perennials including fruit, nut, and nursery crops, and cultural disease control tactics.

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Office: 541-737-3472 x5539
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Putnam, Melodie
Director, OSU Plant Clinic (on sabbatical)

Research and Extension Area: Diagnosis of diseases and disorders of plants submitted to the OSU Plant Clinic; chemical and...

Office: 541-737-3472
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Renquist, Stephen
Associate Professor, Extension Horticulturist, Douglas County
  • Viticulture and marketing for wine grape growers of the Umpqua Valley
  • Pest management, IPM systems with Tree fruit and wine grape growers
  • Nursery and Landscape...
Office: 541-672-4461
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Rosetta, Robin
Nursery Integrated Pest Management Extension Agent
  • Biological control implementation
  • Pacific Northwest Nursery IPM website development and expansion
  • Current research areas include: Intelligent Spray Systems;...
Office: 503-678-1264
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Seavert, Clark
Professor

Fields: AgBiz Logic, financial management, capital investment analysis, enterprise budgets, crop & livestock leasing.

Office: 503-961-4709
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Seiter, Stefan
Senior Instructor and Advisor

  

Office: 541-737-6372
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Selman, Lane
Assistant Professor (Practice)

Lane Selman grew up on a citrus farm on Florida's space coast where her Sicilian great-grandparents settled in the 1920s.  She has a Bachelors degree in Agronomy and a Masters in Entomology,...

Office: 541-737-3695
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Stone, Alexandra
Associate Professor, Ext Vegetable Crop Specialist

I have been investigating the use of the biological control agent commercially available as Contans (Coniothyrium minitans) as a control for white mold of vegetables, especially snap...

Office: 541-737-5461
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Strik, Bernadine
Professor, NWREC Berry Crops Research Leader

Oregon has a diverse, economically important berry crop industry with about 24,000 acres harvested for a farm gate value of over $200 million. Berry crops, including blueberry, blackberry,...

Office: 541-737-5434
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VanBuskirk, Philip

  • Pear production.
  • Olive production.
Office: (541) 776-7371
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Walton, Vaughn
Professor, Horticultural Entomologist
  • Entomology
  • IPM
  • Biorational pest control agent
  • Biological control
  • Small fruit and tree nut crops

I work on economically...

Office: 541-740-4149
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Yilma, Solomon
Senior Faculty Research Assistant
  • Potato Tissue Culture and Genetics
  • Breeding Late Blight Resistance into specialty potatoes
  • Breeding Specialty Potatoes for Extreme Resistant to Potato Virus Y.
Office: 541-231-5893
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