What is IPM???
IPM (integrated pest management) is a sustainable approach to managing pests
by combining biological, chemical, cultural, and physical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and
environmental risks.From: Anonymous. 1994 Integrated Pest Management Practices in 1991 Fruits and Nuts, RTD Updates: Pest Management, USDA-ERS, 8pp.
What is a Pest?What is a Pest?
A plant or animal that is out of place
This includes: This includes: Diseases, Weeds,Diseases, Weeds,Arthropods, Reptiles, Mammals, etc.Arthropods, Reptiles, Mammals, etc.
Physical control
And don’t forget about the environmentally friendly SQUASHING method of insect control
ParasiteParasite
• Very stealthy and often small
• Leave a trail of bodies
• Very specialized
• Develop from eggs laid in or on host (think “Aliens”)
Healthy aphids
Parasitized aphids
Biological Control• The use of living
organisms to control pests
• Predators
• Parasites
• Pathogens
PathogensPathogens
• Usually very specific
• leave a trail of bodies
• may take a few days to provide control (lag time)
• kill, reduce reproduction, reduce insect health
Chemical control
• Should be used as a last resort and with the lowest impact on natural enemies and YOU!
What makes a pesticide compatiblewith an IPM program?
• Selectivity
• residual activity
• time,rate, and place where sprayed
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SCOUTING
• Favorable conditions
• Signs of the pests– damage– frass
• The actual pest
• Signs of natural enemies
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