5.14 integrated pest management

IPM basics

using a variety of pest control methods that minimize env disruption and pesticide use

• researching and monitoring pest and targeting methods to specific pest life cycles

biocontrol

bringing in a natural predator/parasite to control the pest

includes purchasing/spreading the control org in fields or building homes for them/planting habitat they needed to attract them naturally

crop rotation

manyn pests prefer one specific crop or crop family, they lay eggs in the soil, so when larvae hatch they have food source

crop rotation shifts this and so when bug is born there is no food baka

intercropping

push-pull system

push plants emit volatile chemicals that naturally repel pests away from crop

pull plants emit chemicals that attract moths or lay eggs in them, instead of crop

can provide habitat or pull plants that emit chemicals that attract natural pest predators

benefits of IPM

reduces death and mutation to non-target species

reduces effects on human consumers of produce

reduces contamination of surface and groundwater by agricultural runoff w/ pesticides

drawbacs of IPM

can be more time consuming and costly than js crop dusting pesticides

• having to research them