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Home, Yard, & Garden pests
Home, Yard & Garden:  Weed, Insect, Disease   URI Master Gardener Hotline 1-800-448-1011.

 
Public Health Pests: Ticks and Mosquitoes   Dr. Thomas Mather (401) 874-2900, Center for Vector Borne Disease.
 

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Aquatic Weeds   Dr. Laura Meyerson (401) 874-7058.
 
Environmental Data Center   Roland Duhamine (401) 874-5406.
 
GAP (Good Ag Practices)   Martha Patnoad (401) 874-2960.
 
Greenhouse & Nursery Crops   Dr. Brian Maynard (401) 874-5372.
 
Home-A-Syst   Alyson McCann (401) 874-5398.
 
Insect Biocontrol   Dr. Richard Casagrande (401) 874-2924.
 
Invasive Plants   Lisa Gould (401) 874-5822, RI Natural History Program.

Aquatic nuisance species - Brian Tefft (401) 789-0281, RI Dept. of Environmental Management.
 
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator   Dr. Richard Casagrande (401) 874-2924.
 
Medical Entomology   Dr. Roger Lebrun (401) 874-2034.
 
Mosquitoes   Dr. Allan Getman  (401) 789-6280, RI Dept. Env. Mgmt.
 
Nursery Plant pests
 
 

Kristen Dames (401) 874-2967

Ornamental Plant Diseases   Dr. Larry Englander (401) 874-2933.
 
Pesticides
   Pesticide Poisoning   For Emergency - call 911 first.
 
 
MA & RI Poison control center: 1-800-222-1222,
for Hearing Impaired 1-888-244-5313.
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
   Pesticide Inspection   Robin Mooney (401) 222-2781, RI Dept. Environ. Mgmt.
 
   Pesticide Registration   Elizabeth Lopes Duguay (401) 222-2781, RI Dept. Environ. Mgmt.
   Pesticide Toxicity   Dr. Steven Alm (401) 874-5998.
   Pesticide Applicator Training   Margaret Siligato (401) 874-5997.
 
Plant Protection Clinic   Heather Faubert (401) 874-2967.
 
School IPM   Margaret Siligato (401) 874-5997.
 
Small Fruit pests   Heather Faubert (401) 874-2967.
 
Soil Microbiology   Dr. Jose Amador (401) 874-2902.
 
Structural pests (e.g. termites)   Margaret Siligato (401) 874-5997.
 
Tree Fruit pests   Heather Faubert (401) 874-2967.
 
Turf
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   Insects
 
Dr. Nathanial Mitkowski (401) 874-5996.
Dr. Steven Alm (401) 874-5998.
 
Vegetable pests   Heather Faubert (401) 874-2967.
 
Water quality   Alyson McCann (401) 874-5398.
 
Weed - Crops and Turf   Carl Sawyer
 
Wildlife as pests   Dr. Thomas Husband (401) 874-2921.

 
 

 





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