Integrated Pest Management: An Overview

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Integrated Pest Management An Overview

• Norm Leppla Barbra Larson
• IPM Florida

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IPM An Overview

• I. Pest sources and impacts
• II. Working definition of IPM
• III. Recent History of IPM
• IV. Strategies and tactics of IPM
• V. Sustainability of IPM
• VI. The IPM approach
• VII. Integration of IPM tactics
• VIII. IPM Institutions
• IX. Future of IPM

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Sources of Pests
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Pest Insects
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Pest Impacts

• What is a pest, pathogen or weed?
• Why do we attempt to manage pests, pathogens and
  weeds?
• How much does it cost in agriculture, communities
  and urban environments?

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What is IPM?

• IPM is the coordinated use of pest and
  environmental information and available pest
  control methods
• To prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by
  the most economical means
• With the least possible hazard to people,
  property and the environment

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Recent History of IPM

• Stern, Hagen, van den Bosch Smith, 1959
• Rachael Carson Silent Spring, 1962
• National Academy of Sciences, 1969
• Richard Nixon (IPM, EPA, CEQ), 1972
• National IPM Symp., 1992, 1994, 1996, 2003
• Bill Clinton Richard Rominger, 1993
• EPA (FQPA), 1996
• UF, IFAS, IPM Florida, 2001

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Tactics of IPM

• Sustainability
• Prevention
• Cultural Practices
• Biological Control
• Chemical
  Control
• Physical
  Methods

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Sustainability of IPM

• Economics
• Natural resources
• Human welfare
• Environmental stewardship

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Pest Management Approach

• Diagnosis
• Scouting
• Thresholds
• Management

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Integration of IPM Tactics Florida Success Stories

• Fruit Vegetables
• School IPM
• Ornamental plants
• Invasive weeds

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Delivery of IPM

• Entomology, Plant Pathology, Weed Science,
  Horticulture and Agronomy
• Extension in-service training, 20 plus State
  Major Programs
• Municipal, county, state and federal government,
  and the private sector

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IPM Institutions in the US

• Municipal
• State
• Regional
• National

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The Future of IPMhttp//ipm.ifas.ufl.edu