Pests
The WVU Extension Service Pest Management Program centers around control of animals, insects, plant diseases, and weeds around the home, garden, farm, and other outdoor areas.Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a multidisciplinary approach to solving pest problems. It involves chemical, cultural, biological, and mechanical methods to manage pests below economic thresholds. A sound understanding of host biology, environmental effects on hosts and pests, and benefits and costs of control alternatives form important components of IPM.
West Virginia is a member of the Northeast Region IPM Network of the National IPM NetworkResources
- Plant Injury / Herbicide Residue Information Sheet – Information sheet regarding injury of crops or landscape ornamentals from herbicides or other sources.
- WVU Extension Quick Reference Pest Fact Sheets – Identification aides for vegetable, ornamental, and agricultural crop diseases commonly encountered by West Virginia growers and homeowners. This 12.51 mb PDF file may take some time to download, but it is worth the wait.
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
- Bed Bugs
- Tips for Home Plant Pest Management – PDF
- Pest Identification
- Genetic Engineering
- WVU – Pest Related Publications
Pest Management & IPM Contacts:
Rakesh S. Chandran |
Mafuz Rahman |
Alan Biggs |
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IPM State Coordinator Extension Specialist & Professor RSChandran@mail.wvu.edu Phone: 304-293-2603 1076 Agricultural Sciences Building P.O. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 |
Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology & Assistant Professor md.rahman@mail.wvu.edu Phone: 304-293-8838 Fax: 304-293-6954 G151 South Agricultural Sciences Building P.O. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 |
Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology & Professor alan.biggs@mail.wvu.edu Phone: 304-876-6353 ext. 226 Fax: 304-876-6034 67 Apple Harvest Ln PO Box 609 Kearneysville, WV 25430-0609 |
