IPM / Pest Management

In an IPM program, why does monitoring for pests and identifying them accurately help reduce unnecessary pesticide use?

• It removes the possibility that pesticides will be used when they are not really needed or that the wrong kind of pesticide will be used ✓
• It guarantees that a pesticide will never have to be applied to the site
• It allows the applicator to ignore the pesticide label once the pest is identified
• It replaces the need to establish any action threshold for the pest

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Under IPM principles, when a pest reaches its action threshold and control becomes justified, which control measures should generally be chosen first?

• Broadcast spraying of a broad-spectrum pesticide across the entire area
• The highest-toxicity product available, to ensure the pest does not return
• Fumigation of the structure as a precaution
• Effective, less risky controls first, such as highly targeted chemicals or mechanical control like trapping or weeding ✓

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