Integrated Pest Management

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Integrated Pest Management
Chris Drake, Suffolk Cooperative Extension
Intern, Virginia, February 23, 1999 This
presentation is from Virginia Tech and has not
been edited by the Georgia Curriculum Office
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What is your definition of IPM ?

• inches per minute
• illegal possum murder
• important Polish man

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What does IPM really stand for??
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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)
VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
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Objectives

• To introduce IPM and its components
• To present possible applications of IPM

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IPM

• The judicious use and integration of various
  pests control tactics.

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WHY IPM?

• Resistance
• Pest resurgence
• Induced secondary pest outbreaks
• Potential hazards to wildlife
• Environmental and groundwater contamination

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MANAGE PESTS RATHER THAN ELIMINATE THEM

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COMPONENTS

• Monitoring
• Establishing injury levels
• Planning for integrating all controls
• Evaluating results (record keeping)

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MONITOR PEST POPULATIONS

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MONITORING

• Signs symptoms
• Pest life cycles
• Growing degree days

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Growing Degree Days

• Average daily temperature

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ESTABLISH ACCEPTABLE INJURYLEVEL

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INJURY LEVELS

• Aesthetic
• Appearance
• Economic
• Plant replacement
• Loss of crop

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PLAN FOR CONTROL
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CONTROL TACTICS

• Cultural
• Physical Mechanical
• Natural or biological
• Chemical

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CULTURAL CONTROLS

• Sanitation
• Healthy pest-free plants
• Rogue out problem plants
• Pruning
• Soil and water management
• Weed control

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PHYSICAL MECHANICALCONTROLS

• Hand picking pests
• Traps
• Crop isolation
• Destroy alternate host
• Barriers, screens, cloths

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NATURAL CONTROLS

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NATURAL CONTROLS

• Predators
• Parasites
• Pest-specific diseases

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CHEMICAL CONTROLS

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SIGNAL WORDS
CAUTION SLIGHTLY TOXIC WARNING MODERATELY
TOXIC DANGER HIGHLY TOXIC
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EVALUATION

• Determine program effectiveness
• What works?
• What doesnt work?
• How much chemical is being used?
• Are chemicals being reduced?
• How should program be adjusted

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KEEP RECORDSFORFUTURE USE

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So What?

• What does IPM mean to you as a farmer in
  Southeastern VA??

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• Peanut Leaf Spot Advisory

• Reduces Fungicide application
• Saves millions of dollars
• Very easy to implement

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• Development of Fluazinam for fungus control in
  peanuts

• Controls sclerotinia blight
• Less harmful to environment
• Saves estimated 6 million
• Reduces fungicide use

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• Frost advisory for peanuts

• Reduces loss to frost
• Determines proper time for harvest
• Keep records for future reference

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• Scouting for thrips in peanuts and cotton

• Reduces insecticide use by spraying at threshold
  levels only
• Saves

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• Scouting cotton for worms and growth patterns

• Saves tremendous time and
• Reduces harmful pyrethroid sprays
• Maximize yields

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Conclusions

• IPM is the wave of the future in agricultural
  pest control
• IPM is easy to implement using common sense and a
  little planning
• IPM is especially applicable in the pesticide
  dependent crops we grow in this area

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Any Questions ??

• Comments??

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This presentation was developed by

• Chris Drake
• Suffolk Cooperative Extension Intern, Virginia
• February 23, 1999