N. A. Martin, P. Workman. 1994. The cost of integrated pest management for cymbidium orchids. Pages 77-80. In: Proceedings of the 47th New Zealand Plant Protection Conference held at Copthorne Hotel, Waitangi on 9-11 August 1994, sponsored by the New Zealand Plant Protection Society. 88

Keywords: economics of IPM, cymbidium orchid growers were surveyed to determine the cost of pest control, non-IPM cost $262 for mite control per 1000 m2, IPM cost $1094 [$600 for 4000 female Phytoseiulus per 1000 m2 five times a year, growers who have used the predatory mites prefer biocontrol to pesticides, the difference in cost $398 may be regarded as the value placed by growers on the benefits they accrue from IPM