- Quote: "Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests."
A holistic approach to pest management that combines multiple strategies, including biological, cultural, and chemical methods.
Pest Identification: Learn how to identify common pests that affect crop plants.
Pest Biology: Understand the life cycle, behavior, and habits of pests that cause damage to crops.
Crop Growth and Development: Learn how crop plants grow and develop, including the growth stages of different crop species.
Soil Biology: Understand the role of microorganisms in soil health and how they contribute to crop growth.
Fertilizer Management: Learn about soil nutrient content and how to manage fertilizer application to optimize crop growth.
Cultural Practices: Understand the importance of cultural practices such as crop rotation, tillage, and irrigation in crop management.
Biological Control: Understand the use of natural enemies, such as predators and parasitoids, to control pests in the field.
Chemical Control: Learn about the use of pesticides and herbicides and how to use them safely and effectively.
Monitoring and Scouting: Learn how to monitor and identify pests in the field through visual inspection or using pest traps.
Decision Making: Understand the importance of making informed decisions based on pest level, economic threshold, and environmental impact.
IPM Plans: Learn how to create and implement an IPM plan that combines various pest management techniques.
Resistance Management: Understand the development of resistance in pest populations and how to manage it through rotating pesticides or using alternative control methods.
Economic Considerations: Learn how to evaluate the economic impact of different pest management strategies and make cost-effective decisions.
Environmental Considerations: Understand the impact of pest management strategies on the environment and how to minimize their negative effects.
Record Keeping: Learn how to document and track IPM strategies and the effectiveness of various pest management techniques.
Cultural Controls: Involves practices such as crop rotation, planting resistant varieties, and improving soil health to reduce pest populations.
Biological Controls: Uses natural predators, parasites, and pathogens to control pest populations.
Physical Controls: Includes practices such as screening, trapping, and using barriers to prevent pests from entering crops.
Chemical Controls: Uses pesticides to kill or prevent pest populations from damaging crops.
Genetic Controls: Involves developing crops with genetically engineered resistance to pests.
Mechanical Controls: Uses machinery and other tools to physically remove pest populations.
Behavioral Controls: Involves altering pest behavior using pheromones or other chemicals.
Regulatory Controls: Uses policies and regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of pests.
- Quote: "IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL)."
- Quote: "The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization defines IPM as 'the careful consideration of all available pest control techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment.'"
- Quote: "Entomologists and ecologists have urged the adoption of IPM pest control since the 1970s."
- Quote: "IPM emphasizes the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems."
- Quote: "Encourages natural pest control mechanisms."
- Quote: "IPM allows for safer pest control."
- Quote: "The introduction and spread of invasive species can also be managed with IPM by reducing risks while maximizing benefits and reducing costs."
- Quote: "Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests."
- Quote: "IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL)."
- Quote: "Integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment."
- Quote: "The careful consideration of all available pest control techniques."
- Quote: "Encourages natural pest control mechanisms and least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems."
- Quote: "Entomologists and ecologists have urged the adoption of IPM pest control since the 1970s."
- Quote: "The growth of a healthy crop."
- Quote: "...reducing risks while maximizing benefits and reducing costs."
- Quote: "Integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices."
- Quote: "Suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL)."
- Quote: "Keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment."
- Quote: "IPM allows for safer pest control."