Integrated Pest Management: How to Create a Step-By-Step Treatment Plan for the Landscape
Integrated Pest Management How to Create a Step-By-Step Treatment Plan for the Landscape © Purdue University What is Integrated Pest Management? Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecological approach to regulating pest populations by incorporating ecological action thresholds and effective, environmentally and economically sensible methods such as preventative, cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical applications. IPM is considered to be the cornerstone for environmental stewardship because it plays a vital role in managing ecological sustainability of agricultural and urban environments. What isn’t Integrated Pest Management? Integrated Pest Management is not about the elimination of pests. An attempt to completely decimate every pathogen is unrealistic, expensive and can cause more harm to the ecology of your garden. Integrated pest management is about suppressing pest populations to a tolerable level to achieve a sense of balance in an urban ec...