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PA IPM Spring 2009 Newsletter

Penn State Entomology Department

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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.

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Newsreleases:

• May is Asthma Awareness Month: Do you know your Triggers? May 2009
  Asthma rates are rising dramatically all over the world, particularly in urban areas. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that can’t be cured, but can be controlled with the right medications and by avoiding “triggers”- certain substances that are either allergens or irritants that can cause an asthma attack. Recent research from the Boston University School of Medicine has discovered that allergies to cockroaches are the number one asthma trigger for children living in urban areas.
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• New Technology Featured at Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative Workshop - June2009
  The Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crops Research Initiative Workshop, taking place March 3 - 4, 2009 in Harrisburg, Pa., will be utilizing the latest technology to facilitate strategic planning sessions.
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