IPM:
A holistic approach to pest management involving biological control, cultivation techiniques, and minimal use of synthetic pesticides to reduce pest populations to an economically tolerable level. The philosophy of IPM is pest and crop are considered as part of an ecological system. The goal is to reduce the pest population to an economically acceptable level, not completely eradicate the pest population. The IPM strategies is crop rotation to disrupt pest populations, creation of habitat for predators of pest population, using pest resistant crop varieties, intercropping makes the spreed of pest more difficult, altering planting times to disrupt pest life cycle. It using physical pest control methods such as using vacuums to remove pests, or spraying plants with hot water to destrop larvae. Narrow spectrum pesticides are used only when the potetial crop loss is greater than the cost of spraying the pesticides. The advantages of IPM is reduction of environ and health problems associated with synthetic pesticide use. Requires a great deal of education for farmers and landowners. It can be costly and not as immediately effective as synthetic pesticides. Pest population is usually not completely irradiated. The disadvantages of IPM is successful IPM requires farmers to be well educated on local pests and the ecological systems on their farms. IPM solutions vary from farm to farm. Initial cost of IPM programs may be higher than conventional pesticide spraying.BPC:
The intentional introduction of a predator species to control a pest species. Microorganisms, plants, and animals have all been used in certain circumstances to help control pest populations. It can also refer to the use of chemicals that are directly derived from living organisms. The edvantages of BPM is control of pest population w/out negative envinronmental impacts associated with pesticide use. Potential for use with organic agriculture. The disadvantages of BPM is potential for non target species to be impacted by the introduced control species, it disruption of native food chains by the introduced species, unwanted eradication of pest population is usually not possible, and it can be costly to implement and control. The epic failures of BPM is can toads in Australia, Lady bugs have been used to successfully control aphids in some parts of the US while negatively impacting native species in others. The several instances worldwide of the introduction of cats to control rodent population have often led to an over population of cats which have destroyed native bird populations. The BPM success stories is use of parasitic nematodes to control many lawn and garden pests. It use of flea beetles to control leafy spurge in Norh Dakota, using bats to control mosquitos, use of insect pheromones to attract pests to a trap, and sterilization and release of male members of pest species.
A holistic approach to pest management involving biological control, cultivation techiniques, and minimal use of synthetic pesticides to reduce pest populations to an economically tolerable level. The philosophy of IPM is pest and crop are considered as part of an ecological system. The goal is to reduce the pest population to an economically acceptable level, not completely eradicate the pest population. The IPM strategies is crop rotation to disrupt pest populations, creation of habitat for predators of pest population, using pest resistant crop varieties, intercropping makes the spreed of pest more difficult, altering planting times to disrupt pest life cycle. It using physical pest control methods such as using vacuums to remove pests, or spraying plants with hot water to destrop larvae. Narrow spectrum pesticides are used only when the potetial crop loss is greater than the cost of spraying the pesticides. The advantages of IPM is reduction of environ and health problems associated with synthetic pesticide use. Requires a great deal of education for farmers and landowners. It can be costly and not as immediately effective as synthetic pesticides. Pest population is usually not completely irradiated. The disadvantages of IPM is successful IPM requires farmers to be well educated on local pests and the ecological systems on their farms. IPM solutions vary from farm to farm. Initial cost of IPM programs may be higher than conventional pesticide spraying.BPC:
The intentional introduction of a predator species to control a pest species. Microorganisms, plants, and animals have all been used in certain circumstances to help control pest populations. It can also refer to the use of chemicals that are directly derived from living organisms. The edvantages of BPM is control of pest population w/out negative envinronmental impacts associated with pesticide use. Potential for use with organic agriculture. The disadvantages of BPM is potential for non target species to be impacted by the introduced control species, it disruption of native food chains by the introduced species, unwanted eradication of pest population is usually not possible, and it can be costly to implement and control. The epic failures of BPM is can toads in Australia, Lady bugs have been used to successfully control aphids in some parts of the US while negatively impacting native species in others. The several instances worldwide of the introduction of cats to control rodent population have often led to an over population of cats which have destroyed native bird populations. The BPM success stories is use of parasitic nematodes to control many lawn and garden pests. It use of flea beetles to control leafy spurge in Norh Dakota, using bats to control mosquitos, use of insect pheromones to attract pests to a trap, and sterilization and release of male members of pest species.