1. Alana Scheibe, Erin Miller, Lauren Park and Sam Roberts Period 4 APES
IPM
Alana Scheibe, Erin Miller, Lauren Park and Sam Roberts
Period 4 APES

2. What is IPM? Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management
current, comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment
least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.

3. What is IPM
can be applied to both agricultural and non-agricultural settings
home, garden, and workplace.

4. How IPM Works
Series of pest management evaluations, choices, and controls
4 steps:
Set Action Thresholds
Monitor and Identify Pests
Prevention
Control

5. Set Action Thresholds
The point at which pest populations or the environmental conditions indicate that pest control must be taken.
Ex. Observing weeds or excess plants over a significant amount of space.

6. Monitor and Identify Pests
Not all insects, plants, weeds or other organisms require control.
This part of IPM identifies pests, to make sure if they are a threat or not.
This part of IPM removes the possibility of needing to use pesticides.

7. Prevention First step in pest control
Manages the crop, land, or indoor/outdoor space.
To prevent pests from becoming a threat.
Can be very cost efficient and effective with no risk to people or environment

8. Control
If previous steps show that pest control is needed, IPM programs chose proper control methods
Chosen based on the most effective and least risky

9. Control Methods Effective, less risky: Chosen first If doesn’t work:
Highly targeted chemicals (pheromones)
Mechanical control (weeding or trapping)
If doesn’t work:
Added
Targeted spraying of natural pesticides
Introduction of other species
*Spraying of commercial pesticides is a last resort*

10. What are the benefits/drawbacks of IPM?
Promotes healthy plants, which can withstand damage from pests
Reduces the needs for pesticides
Promotes clean, pesticide-free water
Which, in turn, improves human health
Provides a sustainable, long-term control of pests, versus short-term treatments

11. What are the benefits/drawbacks of IPM?
Sometimes, more expensive to buy the more sustainable pest-control than the easily accessible and cheap pesticide
More time is required for methods to prove effective
Sometimes, the natural enemy of pests can over time become pests themselves

12. What are some examples of IPM?
Natural:
Using garlic, cayenne pepper, and water will create an anti-pest spray that can be used on plants to prevent infestation.
Beer kills slugs; they are attracted to the taste and smell of beer, which can help protect garden vegetables and plants.

13. What are some examples of IPM?
Introduction of other species:
Goats are often used to clear an overrun of weeds or invasive plants, such as blackberry bushes, they significantly reduce numbers and make clean up easier.
Lady bugs can be used to eat aphids that overrun gardens

14. What are some examples of IPM?
Introduction of other species:
Marigolds, the flower, have a stench that is disliked by many insects. They can be planted around gardens to ward off nematodes that threaten the plant’s health
Mustard greens are known as “trap crops,” which attract beetles so they can be easily removed by humans