a pest management strategy that focuses on long-term prevention or suppression of pest problems through a combination of techniques such as encouraging biological control, use of resistant varieties, and adoption of alternate cultural practices such as modification of irrigation or pruning to make the habitat less conducive to pest development. Pesticides are used only when careful monitoring indicates they are needed according to preestablished guidelines, treatment thresholds, or to prevent pests from significantly interfering with the purposes for which plants are being grown.
A method by which gardeners can learn to manage and eradicate pests by choosing appropriate plants providing good growing conditions and minimizing pests rather than annihilating them.
An approach to pest management that uses a variety of techniques to identify and if necessary manage a pest.
An ecological approach to pest management in which all available techniques are consolidated into a unified program so that pest populations can be managed to avoid economic damage and minimize adverse effects.
Prevention of economically significant pest outbreaks by enhancing (or introducing) those factors which suppress or prevent pest activity, forms the basis of integrated pest management (IPM) in its broadest sense. Syn. Integrated control
management which promotes minimum pesticide use, enhanced environmental stewardship, and sustainable systems (NIPMN)
A pest control technique that relies on combinations of crop rotation, biological controls, and pesticides.
IPM begins with a set of guidelines. The grower monitors pest populations and develops statistical ceilings for the numbers of each pest species that is acceptable for specific crops. The first method of control is preventive -- or cultural (growing healthy plants). Physical (traps, handpicking insects, row covers) and biological ( beneficial insects) controls are applied next. If none of these is effective, the grower resorts to chemical controls (such as insecticides).
A philosophy of managing pests that involves use of all available control techniques in a coordinated and integrated manner. It promotes the management of pests in a way that minimizes undesirable effects on desirable plants and the environment while retarding the development of pest resistance.
The use of pest and environmental information in conjunction with available pest control technologies to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to persons, property and the environment.
IPM evaluates alternatives for managing forest pest populations, based on consideration of pest- host relationships.
Use of, as appropriate to the pest and its environment, mechanical, physical, chemical, or biological procedures to prevent unacceptable levels of pest activity and damage by the most economical means with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.
a systematic strategy of managing pests which considers prevention, avoidance, monitoring and suppression. Where chemical pesticides are necessary, a preference is be given to materials and methods which promote public safety and reduce environmental risk.
A pest control strategy based on the determination of an economic threshold that indicates when a pest population is approaching the level at which control measures are necessary to prevent a decline in net returns. In principle, IPM is an ecologically based strategy that relies on natural mortality factors, such as natural enemies, weather, and crop management, and seeks control tactics that disrupt these factors as little as possible. Also, a USDA/Environmental Protection Agency program that aims to decrease pesticide applications by teaching farmers to use a variety of alternative control techniques to minimize pesticide use. These techniques include biological controls, genetic resistance, tillage, pruning, and others.
(IPM): Crop production involving the judicious use of a variety of pest control strategies and techniques including pesticides, biological control, physical/mechanical control, selection of pest-tolerant or pest-resistant crop varieties, and specially timed planting and harvest dates
A method of control of pests in which natural predators and parasites are used in conjunction with sparing use of chemical methods to achieve control of a pest without causing serious adverse environmental side effects.
Using the best features of chemical, biological, and cultural controls in an overall pest control program. No terms available at this time. No terms available at this time.
(IPM) An environmentally sensitive system of pest control in which beneficial insects are used and little or no chemical spraying is needed. When insecticides are used, they are targeted at a specific pest rather than a broad spectrum of insects which may also include beneficials.
Pest management that uses a combination of natural, biological and chemical controls.
A practical, scientific approach to long-term pest control that utilizes multiple disciplines and a combination of controls, such as beneficial insects, cultural practices, mechanical devices, and chemical inputs.
A pest management strategy that includes using traps to monitor for pests on the farm, using sanitation and beneficial insects to control those pests, and applying pesticides in such a way that they pose the least possible hazard, and are used as a 'last resort' when other controls are inadequate.
control of insect pests using a combination of biological, chemical and silvicultural methods.
Integrated pest management is the process of predicting pest infestations in order to take early measures to prevent outbreaks
A management approach that integrates multiple, complementary control tactics (e.g., biological control, crop rotation, host plant resistance, insecticides) to manage pests in a profitable, yet environmentally sound manner.
An environmentally conscious approach to pest control that uses treatments from least toxic to most.
the use of biological agents and natural pesticides for the control of pests on crops
Integrated Pest Management or IPM is the control of insect pests using a combination of biological control (controlling insects with beneficial insects), insecticides and other options using thresholds.
Preservation professionals increasingly recommend a strategy called integrated pest management (IPM). This approach relies primarily on non-chemical means (such as controlling climate, food sources, and building entry points) to prevent and manage pest infestation. Chemical treatments are used only in a crisis situation threatening rapid losses or when pests fail to succumb to more conservative methods. (Patkus, 1999)
Français] The use of various techniques to control pests as opposed to the application of just one method.
The practice of using biological and physical measures to control pests while minimizing or eliminating the use of synthetic chemical pesticides.
A systems approach that combines a wide array of crop production practices with careful monitoring of pests and their natural enemies. IPM practices include use of resistant varieties, timing of planting, cultivation, biological controls, and judicious use of pesticides to control pests. These IPM practices are used in greenhouses and on field crops. IPM systems anticipate and prevent pests from reaching economically damaging levels.
An ecologically based pest-control strategy that relies on natural mortality factors, such as natural enemies, weather, cultural control methods, and carefully applied doses of pesticides. See biological control
A combination of biological, cultural, and genetic pest control methods with use of pesticides as the last resort. IPM considers a targeted species' life cycle and intervenes in reproduction, growth, or development to reduce the population. Land use practices are examined for possible change; other animals, birds, or reptiles in the ecosystem are used as natural predators.
Agricultural production system using pesticides only if a pest occurs above a certain damage threshold
The use of different techniques in combination to control pests, with an emphasis on methods that are least injurious to the environment and most specific to the particular pest. For example, pest-resistant plant varieties, regular monitoring for pests, pesticides, natural predators of the pest, and good stand management practices may be used singly or in combination to control or prevent particular pests.
The maintenance of destructive agents, including insects at tolerable levels, by planned use of a variety of preventative, suppressive, or regulatory tactics and strategies that are ecologically and economically efficient and socially acceptable (SAF)
Controlling pest populations using a combination of proven methods that achieve the proper level of control over them while minimizing harm to other organisms in the ecosystem. Control methods include natural suppression, biological control, resistance breeding, cultural control, and direct control.
A cost-effective way to prevent pests by using less invasive techniques to both animal and occupant alike.
A new approach to pest control combining biological, organic and chemical methods. Often involves introducing a pest's natural predators, selecting disease, insect and drought-resistant plants and focusing on other preventive measures.
An approach to maintaining insect, mite, disease, nematode, weed, or vertebrate pests at tolerable levels by using biological knowledge of pests and pest behavior to implement long-term, least-risk solutions. Pests and pest damage is monitored and action is taken only when necessary to prevent damage from exceeding tolerable levels. Actions are selected with the least risk to humans and other non-pest organisms and the environment, and are carefully timed for maximum effectiveness. Strategies are implemented to resolve factors that contribute to pest problems, avoiding the need to take action in the future.
a pest management system that, in the context of the associated environment and the population dynamics of the pest species, utilises all suitable techniques and methods in as compatible a manner as possible and maintains the pest populations at levels below those causing economically unacceptable damage or loss
A pest control strategy based on knowledge of the crop and its pests using multiple management techniques, including cultural, biological, and chemical control.
System of controlling pests and their damaging effects through mechanical, chemical, biological, cultural and regulatory techniques.
The control of pests using an array of crop production strategies, combined with careful monitoring of insect pests or weed populations, and other methods.
Pest and environmental information and pest control methods intended to prevent pest damage economically and with little hazard to people, property and the environment. ( 6-13)
Integrated pest management is the coordinated use of pest and environmental information along with available pest control methods, including cultural, biological, genetic and chemical methods, to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage using the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment.
IPM is a system that uses monitoring pest and environmental conditions and using the best combinations of pest control options such as sanitation, biocontrol, and pesticides to prevent unacceptable lines of damage.
Comprehensive approach to pest problems using a holistic approach to solving problems to include exclusion, habitat control, biological control, and pesticide application.
A pest population management system that anticipates and prevents pests from reaching damaging levels by using all suitable tactics including natural enemies, pest-resistant plants, cultural management, and the judicious use of pesticides, leading to an economically sound and environmentally safe agriculture (USEPA, 1993).
A combination of management techniques to control pests such as chemical spraying, using resistant palnt varieties, tillage, crop rotations etc.
Procedures developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce exposure to cockroaches, rats, mice, and other pests found in a school setting.
An integrated approach to pest control. All Museum Assistants and Conservators in HCC are trained and involved in this programme. Strict observance of pest monitoring and prevention procedures in each repository ensure that risk of insect damage to artefacts is reduced. It employs the principles of managing pest access, housekeeping, monitoring, eradication and training.
A system of reducing pest problems using environmental information along with variable pest control methods. These methods include physical, mechanical, biological, cultural, and chemical means of controlling pests.
the use of combined strategies to combat pests, including chemical, physical, and biological methods of control
As it relates to melaleuca, an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on the long-term reduction of melaleuca through a combination of techniques such as biological control, habitat manipulation, mechanical removal, and application of herbicides. Control methods are selected and applied in a manner that minimizes risks to human health, beneficial and nontarget organisms, and the environment. Prevention and prompt eradication of new infestations are important in this holistic and common-sense approach that utilizes extensive knowledge of melaleuca's life cycle. See Links for more information.
A strategy that utilizes knowledge, action criteria, materials and methods in a co-ordinated program to manage pest populations.
Control strategy that integrates cultural, biological, and chemical techniques to manage pests.
A method of pest control that combines mechanical, chemical, biological and cultural means to minimize pest infestations and their impacts.
A process (based on scouting) that anticipates and prevents pests from reaching economically damaging levels. Pests are controlled by using all suitable tactics, including natural enemies, pest resistant plants, mechanical management, and judicious use of pesticides. IPM leads to an economically sound and environmentally safe agriculture. It is a component of ICM and a water quality practice.
A systematic approach that uses a variety of techniques to reduce pest damage or unwanted vegetation to tolerable levels. IPM techniques may include natural predators and parasites, genetically resistant hosts, environmental modifications, and when necessary and appropriate, chemical pesticides or herbicides. ( FEMAT, IX-16)
A mixture of chemical and other, non-pesticide, methods to control pests.
An ecologically based strategy for pest (both weed and animal) control that utilizes natural enemies, weather, and crop management, among other factors.
Pest control using an array of complementary approaches including natural predators, parasites, pest-resistant plant varieties, pesticides, and other biological and environmental control practices.
n: Combined use of biological, chemical, and cultivation methods in proper sequence and timing to keep the size of a pest population below the size that causes economically unacceptable loss of a crop or livestock animal.
An integrated approach to controlling plant pests using careful monitoring of pests and weeds. It may include use of natural predators, chemical agents and crop rotations.
In agriculture, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a pest control strategy that uses an array of complementary methods: natural predators and parasites, pest-resistant varieties, cultural practices, biological controls, various physical techniques, and pesticides as a last resort. It is an ecological approach that can significantly reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides.