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, Pest any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the health of humans,
animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans,
wildlife, environment
economic injury level breakeven point at which cost of pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level number of pests per plant or amount of damage to plant at which control measures
should begin
aesthetic injury level number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to
warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control improve crop health
mechanical control physical pest elimination
biological control living organisms reduce pests
chemical control chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest resistance