Wei Yang

Blueberry Extension Agent
wei.yang [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 503-678-1264

North Willamette Research and Extension Center

North Willamette Res & Ext Ctr 15210 NE Miley Rd

North Willamette Res & Ext Ctr
15210 NE Miley Rd
Aurora, OR 97002-9543

My responsibility is to provide leadership for the blueberry education program in the North Willamette District where the most of the state’s blueberry industry is concentrated. I also conduct applied research in blueberry production systems to support my extension activities.

Current projects:

1. Blueberry rootstock propagation, evaluation, and rootstock/cultivar interactions

  • TC protocol development for V. arboreum (with North American Plants LLC)
  • V. arboreum seedling field performance evaluation
  • Rootstock and cultivar interactions (with UF and UC Kearney Ag Center)

2. Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) control in berry crops

  • Insecticides deliver methods via helicopter and micro-spray system (with WSU)
  • Attractants evaluation and field sanitation in blueberries
  • Alternative row and border spray (graduate student project)
  • SWD marking and dispersal study (graduate student project)

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
North Willamette Research and Extension Center
Career Links: 
Spotted Wing Drosophila
Department of Horticulture
Berry Crops Production Systems Program
North Willamette Research and Extension Center
Do you accept grad students?: 
I accept graduate students for Horticulture
My Publications

2016

Journal Article

J. Klick, Yang, W. Qiang, Walton, V. M., Dalton, D., Hagler, J. R., Dreves, A., Lee, J. C., and Bruck, D. J., “Distribution and activity of Drosophila suzukii in cultivated raspberry and surrounding vegetation”, Journal of Applied Entomology, vol. 140, no. 1-2, pp. 37 - 46, 2016.

2013

Journal Article

J. DeFrancesco, Pscheidt, J. W., and Yang, W. Qiang, “Blueberry pest management guide for the Willamette Valley”, Oregon State Univ. Ext. Ser. Pub., EM, vol. 8538, 2013.

2012

Journal Article

N. Bautista and Yang, W. Qiang, “Evaluation of Postharvest Quality of Three Commercial Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) Cultivars Stored in Two Different Types of Clamshells”, International Journal of Fruit Science, vol. 12, no. 1-3, pp. 75 - 82, 2012.

2011

Journal Article

J. Julian, Strik, B. C., and Yang, W. Qiang, “Blueberry economics: The costs of establishing and producing blueberries in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Oregon State Univ. Pub. AEB 0022”, arec. oregonstate. edu/oaeb/files/pdf/AEB0022. pdf, 2011.
J. Julian, Strik, B. C., Pond, E., and Yang, W. Qiang, “Blueberry economics: The costs of establishing and producing organic blueberries in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Oregon State Univ. Pub. AEB 0023”, arec. oregonstate. edu/oaeb/files/pdf/AEB0023. pdf, 2011.

2008

Journal Article

D. R. Bryla, Linderman, R., and Yang, W. Qiang, “Incidence of Phytophthora and Pythium infection and the relation to cultural conditions in commercial blueberry fields”, HortScience, vol. 43, 2008.

2006

Journal Article

W. Qiang Yang, Tien, M., and Goulart, B. L., “Characterization of extracellular proteases produced by four ericoid mycorrhizal fungi in pure culture and in symbiotic states”, Acta Horticulturae, no. 715, pp. 403 - 410, 2006.
J. Hart, Strik, B. C., White, L., Yang, W. Qiang, and , “Nutrient management for blueberries in Oregon”, Ore. State Univ. Ext. Serv. Pub. EM, vol. 8918, 2006.

2005

Journal Article

W. Qiang Yang and , “Blueberry gall midge: a possible new pest in the Northwest: identification, life cycle, and plant injury”, 2005.
C. F. Scagel and Yang, W. Qiang, “Cultural Variation and Mycorrhizal Status of Blueberry Plants in NW Oregon Commercial Production Fields”, International Journal of Fruit Science, vol. 5241107402414611310716244233127, no. 21, pp. 85 - 111, 2005.

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