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Definition
"Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for agriculture is
the application of an interconnected set of principles and
methods to problems caused by insects, diseases, weeds, (nematodes)
and other agricultural pests. IPM includes pest prevention
techniques, pest monitoring methods, biological control, pest-resistant
plants varieties, pest attractants and repellents, biopesticides,
and synthetic organic pesticides. It also involves the use
of weather data to predict the onset of pest attack, and cultural
practices such as rotation, mulching, raised planting beds,
narrow plant rows, and interseeding."
J. Tette . 1997. New York State Integrated Pest Management
Program, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets,
Cornell University and Cornell Cooperative Extension. 60 pp.
For a whole website devoted to IPM definitions from the 1960-1990's,
visit the following: http://www.ippc.orst.edu/IPMdefinitions/defineIII.html
Relevant CCRP projects
Currently funded projects
Insect pest management (W. Africa)
Potato moth
(Ecuador)
Sweetpotato
breeding (Uganda)
Previously funded projects
Chickpea
(India)
Potato
(Brazil/Chile)
Wheat
scab (China)
Wolbachia
(China)
Relevant events
None listed as of
.
Relevant literature
Available on the Internet
Radcliff's IPM World Textbook
- Website: University
of Minnesota
- Description: "Our concept in creating this web page
is to provide an electronic alternative or complement to
printed textbooks for communicating information on integrated
pest management (IPM). Our objectives are to provide: 1)
a venue for easily maintaining and up-dating "state
of the art" information from the world's leading experts
on all aspects of IPM, 2) a resource economically deliverable
anywhere in the world that can be freely downloaded and
used by students, teachers, and IPM practitioners, 3) a
forum for the international presentation of practical information
and theory on IPM, 4) links to the vast and rapidly growing
IPM resources available on the Internet including photographs
and decision-support software."
Section headings (plus the numbers of contributions in a
section) include: Biological Control: theory and practice
(5 contributions); Control tactics (Methodologies) (5);
Computer applications (3); Crop and commodity pest management
(26); Ecology and population sampling (4); Host plant resistance
(3); IPM: policy and implementation (10); Pesticides: chemistries/pesticide
resistance (10); Medical and veterinary (2); Urban and stored
products (1).
Impact: Farmer Field Schools in Asia
- Website: FAO
corporate document repository
- Reference: Pontius, J., R. Dilts, and A. Bartlett.
2002. Ten years of IPM Training in Asia: from Farmer
Field Schools to Community IPM. FAO
- Description: "A comprehensive account of integrated
pest management (IPM) as a farmer-centred and local
need-responsive approach, which was developed on the
rice farms of Southeast Asia to tackle the dangers of
excessive pesticide use. The FAO programme owes it success
to the pioneering farmer field school (FFS) approach
that was first tried with Indonesian paddy farmers in
early 1990 and has since become the model for farmer
education in Asia. More than 2 million rice farmers
in Asia have taken part in over 75 000 farmer field
schools between 1990 and 1999, boosting their yields
and incomes, cutting down the use of chemical pest killers
and improving the ecological health of their fields.
Above all, it has given them greater control over their
livelihoods and greater confidence to face new challenges.
This publication includes step-by-step instructions
on organizing and running farmer field schools along
with detailed case studies of farmer field schools in
Southeast Asia." Document abstract.
- Website: IPM
Farmer Field Schools
- Reference: van den Berg, Wenk. 2004. IPM Farmer Field
Schools: a synthesis of 25 impact evaluations. A study
commissioned by the Global IPM Facility to the Entomology
Department of Wageningen University.
- Description: "Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
programs based on the Farmer Field School approach are
being implemented in many countries. Their benefits
have been recognized by a broad range of stakeholders,
including farming communities, local and national governments,
NGOs and donors, who are now supporting such programs.
Substantial investment in this approach calls for comprehensive
documentation of its impact and sustainability. This
study reviews twenty-five impact studies and discusses
the overall results." Document abstract
Traditional knowledge: cultural control of plant diseases
- Website: Cornell
University
- Reference: Thurston, H.D. 2000. Traditional practices
for plant disease management in traditional agriculture
systems.
- Description: "Most of the information on traditional
agriculture pertinent to the management of plant diseases
has never been recorded in a form easily accessible by today's
farmers and scientists. With rare exceptions, those who
have studied indigenous and traditional agriculture seldom
consider or even mention plant diseases. Traditional agricultural
practices should be understood and conserved before they
are lost with the rapid advance of modern agriculture in
developing countries. Plant pathologists and other agricultural
scientists can learn much from traditional farmers to elucidate
principles and methods useful in the future management of
plant diseases. Traditional knowledge can be overvalued
or romanticized, but that is better than despising or ignoring
it. Combining the best of traditional agriculture methods
with the best of modern agriculture should go a long way
towards sustaining agriculture in the coming century."
Resource sections include: Introduction to traditional agriculture;
Further resources on traditional agriculture; Overview of
traditional (plant disease management) methods; and much
more, including a cache of Dr. Thurston's publications and
photos.
Plant and insect parasitic nematodes
- Website: University
of Nebraska
- Description: An exceptional web resource from the University
of Nebraska's Nematology department. "This WWW site
is designed as an aid for nematode identification and systematic
research, as well as a general resource for the science
of Nematology. The emphasis is on plant parasitic nematodes
and insect parasitic nematodes . The molecular diagnostic
protocols are those used in the laboratory, some designed
by us, and others adapted from the literature."
Includes general information on nematodes, nematology, nematode
surveys (for US ecoregions) agricultural issues, identification,
and systematics. Although the site is aimed at a US audience,
there is excellent, widely applicable information, including
useful information on nematode genera and species that are
of global importance.
Online
(Text) Books on Biological Control
- Website:
University of California, Riverside/Professor Legner Faculty
Homepage
- Reference: Legner, E. The Biological and Integrated
Control of Pest Arthropods, Weeds and Vertebrates Emphasizing
the Classical Approach by the Use of Imported Natural
Enemies. University of California, Riverside.
- Description: A SUPERB comprehensive, online text on
biological control---choose Biological pest control
from the links on the homepage. Section headings: 1=
Introduction & Scope of Biological Pest Control;
2= History of Biological Control; 3= Biological Characteristics
of Arthropophagous Arthropods; 4= Organizations Active
in Biological Control; 5= Economic Gains from Biological
Control and Analysis of Successes in Biological Control;
6= Trends & Future Possibilities.
- Website: International
Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and
Plants
- Reference: van Lenteren, J.C. (Ed). 2006. IOBC Internet
Book of Biological Control. Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Description: Scroll down the page to find the link
to download this 96 page pdf. There are 14 section headings
and the editor appears to be updating material as it
comes in.
Relevant links
The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
- Website: Institute
for Plant Diseases, University of Bonn
- Description: An amazing internet directory of great depth
and breadth! "The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
is a subject oriented internet resource guide for plant
pathology, applied entomology, and all related fields.
Entomology Index of Internet Resources
- Website: Iowa
State University
- Description: Another good directory and search engine,
this one aimed at collating insect-related resources on
the Internet.
Virology
- Website: All
the Virology on the WWW
- Description: A site by Dr. David Sanders of Tulane University.
"All the Virology on the WWW seeks to be the best single
site for Virology information on the Internet. We have collected
all the virology related websites that might be of interest
to our fellow virologists, and others interested in learning
more about viruses."
IPM training materials and downloadable literature
IPM Database
- Website: Database
of IPM Resources
- Description: "Database of IPM Resources (DIR) is
an information retrieval and referral system and a compendium
of customized directories of worldwide IPM information resources
accessible through the Internet. With DIR, one can quickly
find the way to thousands of IPM information sites. The
DIR presents these web resources in a logical, structured,
and searchable way that greatly reduces the frustration
and disappointment often encountered when using general
search engines on the web. The DIR covers a wide array of
crops, pests, control tactics, regions, organizations, and
related topics in a user-friendly format. DIR's contents
span most of the disciplines involved in IPM."
Pesticides
- Website: INCHEM
- Description: WHO pesticide classification by hazard
plus individual pesticide fact sheets.
- Website: Cornell
University
- Description: Pesticide profiles by type and active
ingredient.
Open Access Journals
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