1. Pest Management
Getting those bad guys!

2. Control Opportunities
Biological
Chemical
Cultural
Mechanical
Quarantine
Integrated Pest Management

3. Biological Control Using other organisms to control pests
Beneficial insects
Praying Mantid
Parasitic Wasp
Predatory Mites
Green Lacewing
Birds
Vermin

4. Beneficial Insects- Good guys!
Brachonid Wasp
Parasitic Mites
Praying Mantid
Larval Lady Bug

5. Chemical Control Pesticides – not always chemicals Insecticides
Fumigants are poisonous gases
Stomach poisons are sprayed on plants (effective for controlling chewing insects)
Contact poisons affect the nervous system
Systemic poisons are absorbed and translocated through plant

6. Chemical Control Fungicides Nematicides Herbicides Rodenticides
Just say no to homicides

7. Cultural Control Sanitation Remove insect breeding and hiding areas
Use insect and disease resistant cultivars

8. Mechanical Control Physical control Insect traps Screens
Washing plants
Tilling

9. Quarantine Isolating plants to keep from contaminating others
USDA uses this upon entry into the United States
Prevents problems like Dutch Elm’s Disease, Kudzu, Japanese Beetles and other exotics

10. Natural Control Barriers Rivers, woods, mountains
Natural and native predators

11. Integrated Pest Management
A combination of all methods
Using the least aggressive or small impact method first and working up the ladder of control

12. IPM Also involves- Pest Identification Monitoring Prevention
Determining thresholds of insects/disease
Weather
Soil preparation

13. IPM IPM also includes Pest trapping
Proper planting times, depths, seeds, etc.

14. Six Steps to utilize IPM
Identify pests
Prevention of pests (crop rotation, resistant varieties)
Monitoring new infestations (early detection)
Traps to check pest populations
Use less risky pest control first
If these methods are not effective: target spraying or broadcast is last resort

15. Why use IPM? Better for the environment Use fewer chemicals
Try organic methods
Sustainable
Won’t make insects or diseases resistant