IL General Standards

integrated pest management - ANSWER-IPM. plant protection recommended for efficient pest control with minimal environmental impact IPM goals - ANSWER-to keep pest populations below the economic injury in production crops and below the aesthetic injury level in non-crop and ornamental plants and... to avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment and... to OPTIMIZE not MAXIMIZE pest control aesthetic - ANSWER-desirable "look", beauty non-IPM goal - ANSWER-the elimination of ALL pests economic threshold - ANSWER-the number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which CONTROL MEASURES should be taken economic injury level - ANSWER-the BREAK-EVEN point at which the cost of pest control equals the REVENUE LOSS caused by a pest aesthetic injury level - ANSWER-enough DAMAGE to plant to warrant the cost of control cultural control - ANSWER-improves crop health in order to make the crop better able to compete against pests. examples: mulches-to control weeds, smother crops-to control weeds growing in oats, grass or ground cover, cro