1 / 84

PEST MANAGEMENT

PEST MANAGEMENT. Paul Thompson County Extension Agent Berkeley & Dorchester Counties. What is a Pest?. Horn’s definition. “ an animal or plant whose activities interfere with human health, convenience, comfort, or profits”. Even Brian. sometimes. With this definition. could be

xaria
Download Presentation

PEST MANAGEMENT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. PEST MANAGEMENT Paul Thompson County Extension Agent Berkeley & Dorchester Counties

  2. What is a Pest?

  3. Horn’s definition • “ an animal or plant whose activities interfere with human health, convenience, comfort, or profits”

  4. Even Brian sometimes With this definition could be considered a pest,

  5. Pest Management • Managing pest populations • through strategies that take into • account the environmental and • economic impacts while lowering • the pest population to an • acceptable level.

  6. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) • Monitor pest populations and • employ strategies to maintain • them below predetermined • thresholds. Controls are cultural, • biological, or chemical and are on • a prescription basis.

  7. Monitoring • Regular scouting of crops to • identify pest problems early. • Management strategies can then • be implemented that are based • on the life cycle of the pest and • are economically and • environmentally sound.

  8. Cultural controls • Managing soil moisture and nutrient levels for healthy plants • Plant in proper environment • Resistant varieties • Increased air movement • Sanitation • Mulching

  9. Biological Controls • Predators • Insects or other animals • Parasitoids • Insects which lay eggs on or in host • Parasites Fungi, bacteria, nematodes

  10. Chemical Controls • Are beneficials present • Has a population threshold been met • Is the pest at a vulnerable stage • What are environmental risks • Will spot sprays solve the problem • Weather forecast

  11. Pesticide toxicity • Pesticides have an acute toxicity • rating based on laboratory studies on • animals, usually rodents. An LD50 • rating isgiven expressed in mg/kg of • body weight. The lower the LD50, the • more toxic the chemical.

  12. Signal Words • Pesticides are classed into • different levels of toxicity based • on the LD50. • Highly toxic Danger • Moderately toxic Warning • Slightly toxic Caution

  13. DISEASES OF ORNAMENTALS

  14. SUSCEPTIBLE HOST PLANT B

More Related