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Integrated Pest Management By Brad Lubbers Unit 2167
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What is Integrated Pest Management? A holistic approach to managing weeds, diseases, pests and cultural problems in an agricultural production system.
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Three components Monitoring Scouting Implementation
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Traditional Methods Broad Spectrum chemical application Bigger scale treatments Less attention to specific pests, weeds or diseases
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IPM versus Traditional Methods Why change? –Specific and necessary use of chemicals –Better quality products –Cheaper cost of production
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Economic Threshold Pests, weeds or diseases are allowed to exist up to Economic threshold. Traditional methods did not follow this idea.
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Advantages Chemical treatments applied more specifically Beneficial insects are kept alive Use of biological controls
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Disadvantages Higher knowledge base is required to implement Experts may need to be consulted Extra time is needed to monitor and scout
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Chemical Label Common Name Chemical Name Signal Word Precaution Statement
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Chemical Label cont. Classification Proper treatment if exposed Re-entry period
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