IPM: reshaping the approach to pest management

Integrated pest management (IPM): definition, historical development and implementation, and the other IPM.

In the long run, this holistic approach to dealing with pests should reduce pesticide use, provide economic savings for the farmer and protect both the environment and human health. The term ‘integrated’ implies incorporation of natural enemy/antagonist levels into decision-making, and use of compatible, non-disruptive tactics that preserve these agents. Integration can be viewed as either vert...

The ecology of vertebrate pests and integrated pest management (IPM)

Innovative combination of IPM (integrated pest management) tools--the IPM sugar beet model.

In many parts of the world, Cercospora beticola is the most important leaf spot disease of sugar beets. The frequent risk of losses caused by this pathogen demands the application of fungicides in many regions of sugar beet growing. However, the damage potential is variable to a big extent, dependent on year, site and cropping measures. Therefore, we developed an IPM-System, which is reacting f...

Assessment of Small Scale Farmers’ Skills Regarding Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in District Sargodha Pakistan

Asurvey study was conducted to assess the knowledge/awareness level in IPM technology among farmers. Four villages were randomly selected from Sargodha district for data collection. Thirteen farmers from each village were selected randomly and sample size was 52 respondents. More than 92% of respondents have no advisory services either from public or private sector. The findings imply that resp...

Social Factors Influencing Adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Technologies by Paddy Farmers

This study aimed to identify the factors influencing adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies by paddy farmers in Sari County of Iran. A sample of 260 farmers who selected randomly, participated in this study through a survey questionnaire. Findings of the study revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between adoption of IPM technologies and farmers’ participa...