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Transcript of Integrated Pest Management. What is a Pest? Any organism that spreads disease, destroys property,...
What is a Pest?
Any organism that spreads disease, destroys property, competes with people for resources such as food, or is just a nuisance
Pesticides
People typically will use pesticides, like: Insecticides Herbicides Nematicides Fungicides Rodenticides
Why do we have a pest problem?
98% of forests have been logged
Pest populations have been altered by humans
IPM in Practice
Six Steps of IPM1. Identify your pest and
the damage properly
2. Learn the biology of your pest
3. Survey for pest population
Six Steps of IPM
4. Establish action threshold (tolerance level)
5. Select management tactics
6. Evaluate results