INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
(IPM) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
IPM - answer pest control strategy that uses a combination of techniques to reduce pest pops to
economically acceptable levels. Focuses on the long-term prevention or suppression of pest
problems. uses cultural, biological, physical, and mechanical methods in site specific
combiations. Pesticides only used when careful field moniotring, based on economic threshold
levels, indicates they are needed. Main aim is to control only the harmful pest without affecting
beneficial and non-target organsism, human health, and the environment.
The IPM Process - answer offers the pssibility of improving the efficacy of pest control programs
while reducing some of the negative effects. reduce energy and pesticide use
1.Proper pest identification and field scouting is the first two most important steps - answer -
correct pest identity
-pest biology and life cycles
-most susceptible stage in the life of the pest
-how the pest grows under specific conditions
-how the pest survives and lives
-how the pest spreads
-what are the effects of environmental factos on the pest
-Insects and disease, what are the damage symptoms
-what are the natural enemies
2. Field scouting is a systematic sampling of the pest populations and recording the pest -
answer -weeds - number per given area (density) and pattern in the field
-Insects - stage or size, symptoms and level of damage on the crop and symptoms and level of
damage
-Disease-severity, symptoms and level of damage
, IPM Tactics - answer Prevention and control stategies
1) encouraging natural enemies of the pest
2) monitoring pest populations and other relevant factors
3) using resistant crops before pest numbers increase and cause economic damage.
Control stategies may involve many control combinations.
The Decision-Making Process - answer control action guidlines help decide whether managment
actions are needed to avoid losses from pest damage.
Economic or aesthetic injury levels - answer establish the amount of pest damage that occurs
from given pest densities.
Treatment /action threshold - answer indicate when managment actions are needed to avoid
losses.
Keeping Detailed Field Records - answer is a must in IPM programs
-any relevent cropping or re-vegetaon histores--variety, seeding date, fertilization, seed
treatment, tilage system
-timing and date of any pest control methods, environmenetal conditions before, at, and after
treatment
-past, present, and future re-veg practices
-any relative yield results
Evaluating your results - answer regular evaluation program will help determine the susccess of
pest management srateies. what worked and what didnt
BLM - answer One of the Bureau of Land Managment's highest propority is to promote
ecosystem health.
(IPM) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
IPM - answer pest control strategy that uses a combination of techniques to reduce pest pops to
economically acceptable levels. Focuses on the long-term prevention or suppression of pest
problems. uses cultural, biological, physical, and mechanical methods in site specific
combiations. Pesticides only used when careful field moniotring, based on economic threshold
levels, indicates they are needed. Main aim is to control only the harmful pest without affecting
beneficial and non-target organsism, human health, and the environment.
The IPM Process - answer offers the pssibility of improving the efficacy of pest control programs
while reducing some of the negative effects. reduce energy and pesticide use
1.Proper pest identification and field scouting is the first two most important steps - answer -
correct pest identity
-pest biology and life cycles
-most susceptible stage in the life of the pest
-how the pest grows under specific conditions
-how the pest survives and lives
-how the pest spreads
-what are the effects of environmental factos on the pest
-Insects and disease, what are the damage symptoms
-what are the natural enemies
2. Field scouting is a systematic sampling of the pest populations and recording the pest -
answer -weeds - number per given area (density) and pattern in the field
-Insects - stage or size, symptoms and level of damage on the crop and symptoms and level of
damage
-Disease-severity, symptoms and level of damage
, IPM Tactics - answer Prevention and control stategies
1) encouraging natural enemies of the pest
2) monitoring pest populations and other relevant factors
3) using resistant crops before pest numbers increase and cause economic damage.
Control stategies may involve many control combinations.
The Decision-Making Process - answer control action guidlines help decide whether managment
actions are needed to avoid losses from pest damage.
Economic or aesthetic injury levels - answer establish the amount of pest damage that occurs
from given pest densities.
Treatment /action threshold - answer indicate when managment actions are needed to avoid
losses.
Keeping Detailed Field Records - answer is a must in IPM programs
-any relevent cropping or re-vegetaon histores--variety, seeding date, fertilization, seed
treatment, tilage system
-timing and date of any pest control methods, environmenetal conditions before, at, and after
treatment
-past, present, and future re-veg practices
-any relative yield results
Evaluating your results - answer regular evaluation program will help determine the susccess of
pest management srateies. what worked and what didnt
BLM - answer One of the Bureau of Land Managment's highest propority is to promote
ecosystem health.
