Title: Explain the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Course: Horticulture Science (18052-I) > Section: Investigating Integrated Pest Management

Explanation should include

- defining IPM
- defining economic threshold and damage threshold
- monitoring and scouting for pests and diseases
- discussing preventive measures for pest and disease management (e.g., exclusion, cultivar, or variety selection, disease and insect resistant plants, sanitation)
- describing how pests and diseases may be managed with biological, cultural, mechanical, and/or chemical control
- defining biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical control
- classifying approaches as biological, cultural, mechanical, or chemical
- describing how pest life cycle determines pest control effectiveness
- recording and assessing the effectiveness of management techniques.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the importance of IPM?
- What are the advantages of IPM over conventional pest control?
- What common pests are typically managed without chemicals?
- How can IPM be used to manage common greenhouse pests?
- Why should one use biological pest control methods?

Teacher Resources:

- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Principles, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Practice Integrated Pest Management, United States Department of Agriculture
- Integrated Pest Management in the Greenhouse, Oklahoma State University