Recently, we developed an interactive, internet-based system for delivering near-real time pest warnings and management information. The Oregon Pest Alert System (ORPAS) is based on integration of email, WWW, databases and some online analytical processing. ORPAS is an electronic means for sharing immediate pest outbreak alerts, forecasts, and other timely information between growers, field personnel, extensionists, and researchers both at local and regional scale. ORPAS currently covers fruit crops and vegetables and is available at http://pestalerts.oregonstate.edu/. Events to be reported include pest development status and buildup, levels of biocontrol agents, and other pest-related occurrences. The system offers an advantage of immediacy and information sharing between various stakeholders. The regional and multi-regional scale deployment of this interactive, integrated system encourages development of areawide integrated pest management programs, and promotes a landscape-scale perspective for all stakeholders.
Species 1: Lepidoptera Tortricidae Cydia pomonella (codling moth)
Keywords: computer application, pest warning system
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