WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Hops and mint are both perennial crops that depend upon the presence of complex flavor components for marketability. Both are specialty crops produced predominately in the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Stakeholders in both industries have clearly stated their need for economically sustainable control of specific arthropod pests, weeds, and diseases, and their concern about the impact of water shortage on the viability of their crops. With this mandate, we began a multi-state (Washington, Oregon, Idaho), multi-institutional (WSU, OSU, UofI, USDA-ARS), transdisciplinary (entomology, plant pathology, weed science, irrigation engineering, food science, economics, sociology, communication) Coordinated Agricultural Project in September 2009 to investigate the impacts of certain biotic (spider mite, aphid, powdery/downy mildew, weed) and abiotic (water-shortage/drought) stresses on these two high-value-added specialty crops. This website summarizes the progress..

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