Integrated Pest Management

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Integrated Pest Management

• Northeastern Agricultural Education
• Mr. Caffee

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Pests

• Insects
• Weeds
• Animals
• Fungus
• Virus

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Pest Control

• Stomp em
• Chemicals
• Mother Nature
• Traps
• Hunting

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Chemicals may not be enough!!!

• Resistance
• Resurgence
• Public Outcry
• Urban Sprawl
• Secondary pests will fill that niche.

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What is a niche?

• A niche is a specific organisms role in the
  environment.
• Example A ladybugs niche is to eat aphids and
  thrips.
• A honey bee produces honey and pollinates
  flowers.
• A mosquito has a rotten niche! They feed on
  mammals, like us!

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Beneficial Insects

• Walking Sticks
• Praying Mantis
• Ladybugs
• Honey Bees

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Pest Control Methods

• Mechanical
• Biological
• Cultural
• Genetic Enhancement
• Chemical

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Mechanical Control of Pests

• Tillage
• Rotary Hoe
• Cultivator
• Disc
• Slash Burn
• Hand Weeding

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Biological Pest Control

• Beneficial Insects
• Parasites
• Predators
• Sex Attractants
• Irradiation of males
• Fungal Control
• Selective Breeding

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Cultural Pest Control

• Plant Population
• Row width
• Fertility
• Planting Date
• Crop Rotation
• Surface Residue

• Mixed Cropping
• Scarecrows
• Drainage
• Smother Techniques
• Burial of Garbage

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Genetic Enhancements

• Round-up Ready
• Soybeans
• Corn
• Alfalfa
• STS
• Liberty Link
• Bt Corn
• Potato Leaf Hopper Resistant Alfalfa