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Title: Integrated Pest Management


1
Integrated Pest Management
  • Northeastern Agricultural Education
  • Mr. Caffee

Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum Office June 2002
2
Pests
  • Insects
  • Weeds
  • Animals
  • Fungus
  • Virus

3
Pest Control
  • Stomp em
  • Chemicals
  • Mother Nature
  • Traps
  • Hunting

4
Chemicals may not be enough!!!
  • Resistance
  • Resurgence
  • Public Outcry
  • Urban Sprawl
  • Secondary pests will fill that niche.

5
What is a niche?
  • A niche is a specific organisms role in the
    environment.
  • Example A ladybugs niche is to eat aphids and
    thrips.
  • A honey bee produces honey and pollinates
    flowers.
  • A mosquito has a rotten niche! They feed on
    mammals, like us!

6
Beneficial Insects
  • Walking Sticks
  • Praying Mantis
  • Ladybugs
  • Honey Bees

7
Pest Control Methods
  • Mechanical
  • Biological
  • Cultural
  • Genetic Enhancement
  • Chemical

8
Mechanical Control of Pests
  • Tillage
  • Rotary Hoe
  • Cultivator
  • Disc
  • Slash Burn
  • Hand Weeding

9
Biological Pest Control
  • Beneficial Insects
  • Parasites
  • Predators
  • Sex Attractants
  • Irradiation of males
  • Fungal Control
  • Selective Breeding

10
Cultural Pest Control
  • Plant Population
  • Row width
  • Fertility
  • Planting Date
  • Crop Rotation
  • Surface Residue
  • Mixed Cropping
  • Scarecrows
  • Drainage
  • Smother Techniques
  • Burial of Garbage

11
Genetic Enhancements
  • Round-up Ready
  • Soybeans
  • Corn
  • Alfalfa
  • STS
  • Liberty Link
  • Bt Corn
  • Potato Leaf Hopper Resistant Alfalfa
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