Pest Management - W.Va. Contacts

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Please refer to the pages "Submitting Pest Specimens for Identification" to determine where to ship insect, weed, and disease samples for identification.

Problem

Specialist and contact information (in no particular order)

County Extension Offices Local help in every West Virginia county
 Identification of Specimen Needed County Extension Office, or Pest ID information online
(WVDA and Extension)
 Insects, Turfgrass
 Insects, Agricultural John F. Baniecki
 Insects, Potato Thomas Basden
 Insects, Horticultural John F. Baniecki, John Jett
 Insects, Garden John F. Baniecki, John Jett
Insects, Tree Fruit Henry Hogmire
 Insects, Livestock Phillip Osborne
 Insects, in the Home John  F. Baniecki,
 Weeds (Any) Rakesh Chandran, Ed Rayburn
 Plant disease (General) John F. Baniecki
 Disease, Tree Fruit Alan Biggs
 Other problems John Baniecki
General inquiries for the Department of Agriculture can be addressed to:
 
Gus R. Douglass, Commissioner
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0190
(304) 558-2201 or Publications at 558-3708.
 
West Virginia Department of Agriculture Website

Questions concerning pesticides, pesticide regulation, or pesticide certification exams should be addressed to West Virginia Department of Agriculture Plant Industries Division, Pesticide Regulatory Programs

Crop or pest questions can be addressed to Charles Coffman, Plant Industries Division, (304) 558-2212 (ccoffman@ag.state.wv.us).