Paul Jepson

Professor, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
jepsonp [at] science.oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-9082

Cordley Hall

Cordley Hall 2038

2701 SW Campus Way

2701 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
  • Integrated pest management, including pesticide application, efficacy, drift management and ecological risk management
  • Population level risk assessment, particularly the importance of scale, landscape factors and long-term population processes
  • Applications of basic ecology and ecological theory to ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment

Integrated Plant Protection Center:

  • Leadership in the development of a state-wide IPM research and extension program
  • Leadership and coordination of USDA CSREES IPM Program, Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program and Farm Safety Program, and co-leadership for Regional Integrated Pest Management Center Program, with Jeffrey Jenkins (EMT)
  • Development of multi-investigator research opportunities in areas that contribute to the adoption of IPM within the state, the region and internationally
  • Coordination of IPPC programs, including IPM-Net News, Directory of IPM Resources and Ray Smith IPM Library

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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Integrtd Plant Prot (Ag)
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Integrated Plant Protection Center
Entomology Program
My Publications

2002

Journal Article

P. Williams, Whitfield, M., Biggs, J., Fox, G., Nicolet, P., Shillabeer, N., Sherratt, T., Heneghan, P., Jepson, P., and Maund, S., “How realistic are outdoor microcosms? A comparison of the biota of microcosms and natural ponds.”, Environ Toxicol Chem, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 143-50, 2002.
D. Stone, Jepson, P., and Laskowski, R., “Trends in detoxification enzymes and heavy metal accumulation in ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) inhabiting a gradient of pollution”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, vol. 132, pp. 105–112, 2002.

2001

Journal Article

J. L. Peterson, Jepson, P., and Jenkins, J. J., “A test system to evaluate the susceptibility of Oregon, USA, native stream invertebrataes to triclopyr and carbaryl.”, Environ Toxicol Chem, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 2205-14, 2001.
J. M. Hickman, Wratten, S. D., Jepson, P., and Frampton, C. M., “Effect of hunger on yellow water trap catches of hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) adults”, Agricultural and Forest Entomology, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 35 - 40, 2001.
J. L. Peterson, Jepson, P., and Jenkins, J. J., “Effect of varying pesticide exposure duration and concentration on the toxicity of carbaryl to two field-collected stream invertebrates, Calineuria californica (Plecoptera: Perlidae) and Cinygma sp (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae).”, Environ Toxicol Chem, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 2215-23, 2001.
A. ?B. ?M. Nasir U. Chowdhury, Jepson, P., Howse, P. E., and Ford, M. G., “Leaf surfaces and the bioavailability of pesticide residues”, Pest Management Science, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 403 - 412, 2001.
D. Stone, Jepson, P., Kramarz, P., and Laskowski, R., “Time to death response in carabid beetles exposed to multiple stressors along a gradient of heavy metal pollution”, Environmental Pollution, vol. 113, pp. 239–244, 2001.

1997

Journal Article

M. Longley and Jepson, P., “Cereal aphid and parasitoid survival in a logarithmically diluted deltamethrin spray transect in winter wheat: Field-based risk assessment”, Environmental toxicology and chemistry, vol. 16, pp. 1761–1767, 1997.
S. J. Moreby, Sotherton, N. W., and Jepson, P., “The effects of pesticides on species of non-target Heteroptera inhabiting cereal fields in southern England”, Pesticide Science, vol. 51, pp. 39–48, 1997.

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