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Integrated pest management

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, integrated pest management means: An approach to crop protection that combines monitoring, prevention, biological and cultural methods, and uses pesticides only when pest levels justify it.

In Turkish: entegre zararlı yönetimi, entegre mücadele, IPM

How it is used

Usually shortened to IPM ('eye-pee-em'). It appears in EU rules, retailer standards and advisory programs. Key ideas are scouting, pest traps, economic thresholds and the protection of natural enemies.

Example sentences

  1. Under integrated pest management, we spray only when trap counts pass the threshold.

  2. The supermarket requires all suppliers to follow integrated pest management.

Common collocations

  • IPM program
  • follow integrated pest management
  • economic threshold
  • pest monitoring
  • IPM strategy
  • pestAn insect, mite, rodent or other animal that damages crops, stored products or livestock; in a wider sense, any organism that harms crops.
  • biological controlThe control of pests, weeds or diseases by using their natural enemies, such as predatory insects, parasitic wasps or beneficial microorganisms.
  • pesticideA chemical or biological product used to kill or control pests, weeds or plant diseases; the general name for insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and similar products.
  • infestationThe presence of a large number of pests or weeds in a field, store or animal, at a level that can cause damage.
  • pathogenA microorganism such as a fungus, bacterium or virus that causes disease in plants or animals.

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