You are here.Philadelphia School & Community IPM Partnership
For More Info Contact:
Cathy Nardozzo
314 Ag Administration Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-0604
E-mail: cfn2@psu.edu
Welcome to PA IPM!
- Agricultural IPM
- Community IPM
- Green Industry
- Parks & Forest IPM
- Pesticides & Alternatives IPM
- Public Health IPM
- Christmas Tree Scouting
- Field Crop Insect Prediction Maps
- Greenhouse IPM Manual with an Emphasis on Biocontrols
- New Book Aims to Protect Children From Pesticides
- PA Biosecurity & Invasive Species Consortium site
- PA School IPM Manual
- School IPM Curriculum
- Pesticide Impregnated Clothing (e.g. "Buzz Off")
Penn State Entomology Department
Bed Bug Information page - PSU Entomology Dept.
What is IPM?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is economical, effective as well as health and environmentally-sensitive.
IPM is a systematic and scientific approach to pest management. Steps of IPM are:
- proper pest identification
- understand pest life cycles and conditions conducive
- monitor for pest presence, locations and abundance
- establish an action threshold (economic, aesthetic, tolerance)
consideration and selection of multiple tactics for pest suppression - evaluation of results
IPM practitioners consider economic, environmental, human health and social impacts of pest management activities in each situation. Actions preventing pest establishment or entry are preferred over intervention. When chemical tactics are included, the least-risky, most pest-specific products and formulations are selected.
IPM can be used in any environment where pests occur. See below for more information.
- Registration Open for the International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy Hosted by The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State - February 2010
Registration is now open for the first International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Heath and Policy being hosted by the Penn State Center for Pollinator Research July 24-28, 2010 at the University Park campus.
Pests and pesticide use in buildings can increase the risk of health problems such as asthma, and exposures to both are a common problem encountered in buildings across the country. The Penn State Integrated Pest Management Program (PA IPM) is working with partners to help address these issues thanks to a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA).