IPM - ANSWER Integrated Pest Management
Integrated - ANSWER Interactions of pests, crops, control, methods, and
environments
Pest - ANSWER Any species that affects profit, health, or convenience
Management - ANSWER Keeping pests below economic damage levels
Groups of Pests - ANSWER -Weeds
-Invertebrates
-Disease agents/pathogens
-Vertebrates
Weeds - ANSWER Any plant growing out of place where you don't want it to
grow
Invertebrates - ANSWER -Pests without a backbone
-Bugs, insects
Disease Agents/Pathogens - ANSWER Viruses, bacteria, fungi, mold
Vertebrates - ANSWER -Pests with a backbone
-Rats, mice, deer, birds
, Pest Monitoring Questions - ANSWER -What pest?
-How many pests?
-Is it the right time to control?
-Did the control method reduce the number of pests?
Monitoring - ANSWER -Insect traps
-Scouting
Insect Traps - ANSWER -See if there are enough to do something about it
Scouting - ANSWER Visually looking
Economic Threshold - ANSWER Level where the projected economic losses
caused by a pest are greater than the cost of the control
Types of Pest Control - ANSWER -Cultural Control
-Biological Control
-Mechanical Control
-Chemical Control
Cultural Control - ANSWER -Trap crop
-Crop rotation
-Delayed Planting or timing of plants
-cover crops
-lawn (turf)
Integrated - ANSWER Interactions of pests, crops, control, methods, and
environments
Pest - ANSWER Any species that affects profit, health, or convenience
Management - ANSWER Keeping pests below economic damage levels
Groups of Pests - ANSWER -Weeds
-Invertebrates
-Disease agents/pathogens
-Vertebrates
Weeds - ANSWER Any plant growing out of place where you don't want it to
grow
Invertebrates - ANSWER -Pests without a backbone
-Bugs, insects
Disease Agents/Pathogens - ANSWER Viruses, bacteria, fungi, mold
Vertebrates - ANSWER -Pests with a backbone
-Rats, mice, deer, birds
, Pest Monitoring Questions - ANSWER -What pest?
-How many pests?
-Is it the right time to control?
-Did the control method reduce the number of pests?
Monitoring - ANSWER -Insect traps
-Scouting
Insect Traps - ANSWER -See if there are enough to do something about it
Scouting - ANSWER Visually looking
Economic Threshold - ANSWER Level where the projected economic losses
caused by a pest are greater than the cost of the control
Types of Pest Control - ANSWER -Cultural Control
-Biological Control
-Mechanical Control
-Chemical Control
Cultural Control - ANSWER -Trap crop
-Crop rotation
-Delayed Planting or timing of plants
-cover crops
-lawn (turf)
