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MANAGING YOUR PESTS

MANAGING YOUR PESTS. By: Frannie Miller Pesticide Safety & IPM Coordinator. Topics to be Covered. Integrated pest management Healthy yards and communities Customer perceptions Types of pesticides How to select the right product . Pest.

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MANAGING YOUR PESTS

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  1. MANAGING YOUR PESTS By: Frannie Miller Pesticide Safety & IPM Coordinator

  2. Topics to be Covered • Integrated pest management • Healthy yards and communities • Customer perceptions • Types of pesticides • How to select the right product

  3. Pest • Anything unwanted, troublesome, annoying or destructive

  4. Managing Pests Responsibly • Integrated pest management (IPM) • Pest management strategy • Long-term prevention • Utilizes regular monitoring • Combination of tactics

  5. IPM Promotes • Know the pest • Use prevention first • Use non-chemical solutions first • Only use pesticides when needed

  6. IPM Goals • Protect human health • Reduces losses from damage • Reduce environmental pollution • Reduces exposure to pesticides • Reduce costs

  7. Six IPM Essentials • Education • Monitoring • Pest prevention • Least hazardous approach to pests • Pesticide use notification • Record keeping

  8. Decision Making Process Exceed Injury Level Gather Baseline Data Set Action Level Monitor Yes Monitor Problem Solved Effective? Should Monitoring Continue? Implement Treatment No Monitor Yes

  9. Why Monitor? • Determine if treatment is needed • Where, when & what kind of treatment • Evaluate treatments

  10. Injury & Action Levels High Numbers of the Pest Injury Level Action Level Best Time to Treat Low Numbers of the Pest Early in Season Late in Season

  11. Treatment Options • Education • Habitat modification • Physical controls • Biological controls • Least-toxic chemical control

  12. Components of IPM Cultural Biological Physical Biorational IPM Legal Mechanical Education Chemical

  13. Benefits of IPM Reduce Pesticides Effective Pest Control IPM Friendly To The Environment Safer

  14. IPM Environments • Agriculture • Structural/Urban • Commercial • Aquatics • Schools • Ornamentals

  15. Healthy Yards & Communities • Improve health and appearance • Protect and preserve natural resources • Save time and money • Eliminate water and chemical use • Plants require less care • Protect the environment • Conserve water supplies • Reduce yard waste

  16. Assessment

  17. Assessment

  18. Avoiding Pest Problems • Think before you plant • Improper planting sites • Select disease and insect resistant plants • Diversity • Go easy on water and fertilizer • Properly mow and selectively prune • Encourage beneficials

  19. Identifying Pest Problems • Inspect plants regularly • Curled, rolled or deformed leaves • Mold on leaves or stems • Positively identify pest • Tolerate some insect damage & disease • Take a sample of the damaged plant if problems persist

  20. Treating Pest Problems • Remove affected leaves or plant parts • Hand removal • Avoid using broad-spectrum pesticides • Treat for specific pests • Read labels carefully • Pesticides & fertilizers are stored & disposed of properly

  21. Registrations • Over 3000 products registered for lawns • 278 active ingredients • Over 1335 products registered for ornamental woody shrubs • 171 active ingredients • 317 products registered for scale insects • 30 active ingredients

  22. Types of Pesticides • Insecticide – controls insects (carbaryl) • Fungicides – controls fungus (chlorothanonil) • Herbicides – controls weeds (glyphosate) • Miticides – control mites (insecticidal soaps) • Nematicides – controls nematodes (oxamyl)

  23. Education • What can I do to prevent the pest? • What is this pest? • What is its life cycle? • What type of pesticides do I need? • When and how do I apply it? • And many more

  24. Information Overload • Extension personnel • Nursery employees • Internet • Other people • Magazines and catalogs • Many other sources

  25. The Right Product • What you need to know • Determine whether a pest problem exists • Proper identification of target pest • Pest biology • Non-chemical controls • Optimal application timing • Types of products available • Read the Label

  26. Read the Label • Ingredients • Precautionary statements/Signal Words • Specific uses • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Application directions • Pest controlled • Use precaution statements

  27. Discriminating Consumer • Chemical packaging makes a difference • Understand pest biology • Read labels carefully • Make a decision

  28. How can you Help!! • Pest identification • Learn about the products you carry • Educate consumers • Be able to answer questions • Good customer service • Sell them what they need

  29. Healthy Yards and Communities • Question the need for pesticide • Consider using a professional • Follow all label directions • More is not better • Store pesticides in original containers • Only buy the amount needed

  30. Questions

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