IPM is a process for managing pest populations that includes the following elements (6):
1. Planning and managing ecosystems to prevent organisms from becoming pests
2. Identifying pest problems and potential pest problems
3. Monitoring populations of pests and beneficial organisms, damage caused by pests and environmental
conditions
4. Using injury thresholds in making treatment decisions
5. Suppressing pest populations to acceptable levels using strategies based on considerations of biological,
physical, cultural, mechanical, behavioural, and chemical controls
6. Evaluating the effectiveness of pest management treatments
What are the different categories of pest suppressant controls? (6)
Biological
Physical
Cultural
Mechanical
Behavioural
Chemical
, Define Pesticide
a micro-organism or material that is represented, sold, used, or intended to be used to prevent, destroy, repel
or mitigate a pest
What are explicitly excluded from the definition of pesticide? (4)
1. Instruments e.g. traps
2. Products used to control arthropods on or in humans/livestock/domestic animals, that are administered by
mouth or injection
3. Products aimed at treating, mitigating, preventing disease in humans or animals
4. Products used to attack mold, mildew, or odors
Pesticide Class: Permit-Restricted
- most strictly controlled
- requires permit for purchase or application
Pesticide Class: Restricted
- requires pesticide applicator certificate for purchase or use
1. Planning and managing ecosystems to prevent organisms from becoming pests
2. Identifying pest problems and potential pest problems
3. Monitoring populations of pests and beneficial organisms, damage caused by pests and environmental
conditions
4. Using injury thresholds in making treatment decisions
5. Suppressing pest populations to acceptable levels using strategies based on considerations of biological,
physical, cultural, mechanical, behavioural, and chemical controls
6. Evaluating the effectiveness of pest management treatments
What are the different categories of pest suppressant controls? (6)
Biological
Physical
Cultural
Mechanical
Behavioural
Chemical
, Define Pesticide
a micro-organism or material that is represented, sold, used, or intended to be used to prevent, destroy, repel
or mitigate a pest
What are explicitly excluded from the definition of pesticide? (4)
1. Instruments e.g. traps
2. Products used to control arthropods on or in humans/livestock/domestic animals, that are administered by
mouth or injection
3. Products aimed at treating, mitigating, preventing disease in humans or animals
4. Products used to attack mold, mildew, or odors
Pesticide Class: Permit-Restricted
- most strictly controlled
- requires permit for purchase or application
Pesticide Class: Restricted
- requires pesticide applicator certificate for purchase or use
