The Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center (COAREC) invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor position.

This position is for Integrated Pest Management is located in Madras, Oregon at Oregon State University's (OSU) Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center (COAREC) (http://oregonstate.edu/dept/coarc/), with an academic home in the Department of Crop and Soil Science (CSS).

For more information, visit

Director, Western Integrated Pest Management Center

Academic Coordinator III

AP #18-08

AP #10-03

Location Headquarters: UC ANR Building, Second Street, Davis, California

SUBMISSION DATE: To assure full consideration, submit application materials by February 15, 2019. Those received after February 15, 2019, may be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

POSITION PURPOSE: The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), is seeking a Director...

The cantaloupe industry in California is in the middle of a huge paradigm shift, transitioning from classic western shipper varieties that require multiple harvests, to new Harper varieties, also known as LSL (Long Shelf Life) melons. Purported benefits include less labor at harvest and prolonged superior quality at the grocery store. Examples of Harper-type melons are the Infinite Gold, Fiji, Caribbean King and Caribbean Gold. Due to grower and buyer interest, seed companies are rapidly expanding the number of varieties with this trait.

However, LSL varieties are expensive hybrids relative to older, open pollinated cultivars, and seed costs can become a significant portion of the total cost of production, with some estimates...

Resource Professionals:

An exciting opportunity is now open today thru December 27, 2018 in USAJOBS for the

Pacific West Region Plant Ecologist/IPM Program Manager

GS-0408-12 FT-Permanent position. 

Incumbent will help shape PWR Vegetation Management with the primary goal of serving and supporting our parks.  In addition, the position will coordinate the Region's Integrated Pest Management Program, working at all levels of the organization from WASO to on-the-ground park issues.  Duty station is at the PWRO in San Francisco.

There is plenty of room for being creative and solutions-oriented as part of a dedicated PWR Natural...