Approaches & Practices of Pest Mngt.

IPM is a system approach based on superstitious beliefs.

• True

• False

One of the objectives of IPM is quality maintenance of both cropping and non- agricultural environments.

• True

• False

One of the management tactics of IPM is emotional.

• True

• False

One type of management strategy of IPM is increase host susceptibility to pest injury.

• True

• False

IPM is the coordinated use of pest and environmental information along with available pest control methods.

• True

• False

History of pest Management dates back to the beginnings of agriculture.

• Emergence of the early concepts of IPM

• 1500 BC

• The ETL- based IPM

• Pre- IPM Era

• Emerging IPM/PM Concept

IPM was first used in agriculture beginning in the 1970's.

• Emergence of the early concepts of IPM

• 1500 BC

• The ETL- based IPM

• Pre- IPM Era

• Emerging IPM/PM Concept

The first attempt at providing a rational basis for deciding if a pest population warranted control.

• Emergence of the early concepts of IPM

• 1500 BC

• The ETL- based IPM

• Pre- IPM Era

• Emerging IPM/ PM Concept

Earlier models of integrated pest Management (IPM) focused on ecological aspects of pest Management.

• Emergence of the early concepts of IPM

• 1500BC

• The ETL- based IPM

• Pre- IPM Era

• Emerging IPM/ PM Concept

It should consist of a set of tactics for dealing with the main plant health problems in a crop

• Emergence of the early concepts of IPM

• The Package of Technology IPM

• The ETL- based IPM

• Pre- IPM Era

• Emerging IPM/PM Concept