Integrated pest management

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014620",
  "term": "Integrated pest management",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Integrated Pest Management",
  "definition": "1. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) means the careful consideration of all available pest control techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\n\n2. A combination of biological, cultural, and genetic pest control methods with use of pesticides as the last resort. IPM development to reduce the population. Land use practices are examined for possible change; other animals, birds, or reptiles in the ecosystem are used as natural predators.\n\n3. The use of pest and environmental information in conjunction with available pest control technologies to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to persons, property and the environment.\n\n4. A sustainable pest management approach that combines the use of biological, cultural, physical and chemical tactics to minimize economic, health and environmental risks.\n\n5. A mixture of chemical and other, non-pesticide, methods to control pests.\n\n6. A sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. IPM is site specific in nature, with individual tactics determined by the particular crop/pest/environment scenario. The IPM approach places an emphasis on the reduction of pesticide use and the implementation of preventative and alternative control measures.\n\n7. Sustainable pest management approach that combines the use of biological, cultural, physical and chemical tactics to minimize economic, health and environmental risks.\n\n8. Choosing among various ways to treat pest problems. The goal is to cause least harm to the environment.\n\n9. A pest population management system that anticipates and prevents pests from reaching damaging levels by using all suitable tactics including natural enemies, pest-resistant plants, cultural management, and the judicious use of pesticides, leading to an economically sound and environmentally safe agriculture.",
  "abbreviation": "IPM",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "EPA Terminology Services",
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Pesticides Glossary; EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Office of the President Council on Environmental Quality Guidance for Federal Agencies on Sustainable Practices for Designed Landscapes at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ceq/recommendations_on_sustainable_landscaping_practices.pdf",
    "Pest Patrol Glossary",
    "NPS Agriculture Glossary; Nonpoint Pollution Source from Agriculture Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/integrated-pest-management/"
}