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Integrated Pest Management
What is a pest? What is Integrated Pest Management?
Scouting
Components of IPM
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What is a pest?
The definition of a pest depends onyour own perception and decision-making
The purpose is to harvest a food product
in the quality and quantity that isacceptable to you
Crops often can tolerate some damagewithout affecting their utility to you
Crops generally have certain stages of
growth that are particularly vulnerable topests
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Pests
A wide array of organisms are foundin the garden Beneficial organisms
Bees, spiders, ladybugs, praying mantis,frogs
Incidental organisms
Flies, mosquitoes Pests
Japanese beetles, cucumber beetles,cabbage loopers, Colorado potato beetles,
rabbits
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Pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) IPM is an approach to pest
management that integrates a variety
necessary, to manage a pest Important points
Integrate a variety of techniques
Identification
Do not always need to manage pest
Are not eliminating every pest
Damage symptoms can be caused byfactors other than pests
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IPM putting together thepieces
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Pests Scouting for pests
Systematically check for pestsand damage symptoms Black or brown lesions on leaf
surfaces Holes from boring insects
Tattered edges from chewinginsects
A fundamental point in pestmanagement:A certain number of pest individuals
or amount of damage can betolerated
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Pest Prevention
Prevent problemsbefore they occur
Ensure that as fewold pests as possible
get into your garden Sanitation practices
aim to remove sources
of new pest species
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Pests: Biological Control
Definition: Any activity of onespecies that reduces the adverseeffects of another
Examples Predators and parasites of insects
Most biological control
works naturally without
assistance from the gardener
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Pests: Biological Controls
Ways you can encourage beneficialorganisms
Provide a habitat that is favorable for thebiological control agent
Buying biological control agents Generally are either not adapted or are too
mobile and do not stay in a garden
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Pests: Cultural Controls
Critical concept: A vigorously growing crop can tolerate more pest
damage or better compete with weeds than a less
Examples of cultural control Planting time
Fertile, well-drained soils
Adequate water Resistant varieties
Mulching
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Pests: Mechanical Controls
Mechanical control is widely used forweed control and to prepare the soil ingardens
Examples of mechanical controls Tillage
Hoeing
Plant cages Row covers
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Pests: Pesticides
Are materials that kill pests Include:
Insecticides - control insects
Herbicides - control weeds There are both organic and synthetic
pesticides
Problems with pesticides Are easy to overuse
Can affect non-target organisms
Use as a last resort
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