A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Pest Management Johan A. Stenberg Trends in Plant Science Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages 759-769 (September 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.010 Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Key Figure: The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Pyramid Showing the Most Important Pest Management Elements The base tier of the IPM pyramid consists of abiotic actions that can be applied before or immediately after planting and may continue until harvesting. Then follows a circular tier consisting of important elements that can be classified as ‘ecological’ and form the basis for ecology-based IPM. Finally, the top tier of the pyramid includes chemical pesticides that should only be applied when necessary, if the more basal IPM elements fail to keep pest populations under the economic threshold. Arrows denote particularly important interactions between the ecological elements. These seven interactions are key research areas that require elucidation to integrate the elements and realize the full potential of IPM. Trends in Plant Science 2017 22, 759-769DOI: (10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.010) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions