It is difficult to rapidly deliver pest outbreak information over a geographic region. Knowledge of current pest conditions is widely scattered among growers and crop professionals. An interactive internet based site was developed to try to deliver timely crop pest information over highly diverse irrigated valleys in south eastern Oregon and south western Idaho within a 60 mile radius of Ontario, Oregon. The "Treasure Valley Pest Alert Network" is designed to receive information from any grower or other subscriber by e-mail, fax, or phone. The submissions are checked by University of Idaho or Oregon State University extension agents who post the submissions on the web page at www.TVPestAlert.net. An e-mail notice is automatically sent to all subscribers who are interested in the affected crop. The e-mail identifies the crop and pest and where to obtain the alert. Alerts are automatically linked to the appropriate web based pest identification, life cycle, IPM, and control information.
Keywords: information delivery, IPM
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