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IPM Overview. Smart pest control tactics you can use. IPM tools . Monitor, monitor, monitor & predict Traps using pheromones & pesticides Biological control with parasites or predators Microbes like fungus, bacteria, virus
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IPM Overview Smart pest control tactics you can use
IPM tools • Monitor, monitor, monitor & predict • Traps using pheromones & pesticides • Biological control with parasites or predators • Microbes like fungus, bacteria, virus • Plant resistance to pests by leaf hairs, spines, plant chemicals, tough tissue, bad taste • Plant extracts like neem
Hedgerow flowers planted to encourage parasites that eat pests
Mantids eat pests but are also killed by pesticide over-spraying
Phytophthora root & stem rot susceptible and resistant plants
Coddling Moth Mating Disruption Pheromone Dispenser in Apple Orchard