integrated pest management

noun

, Agriculture.

1. an ecological approach to pest management that combines understanding the causes of pest outbreaks, manipulating the crop ecosystem for pest control, and monitoring pest populations and their life cycles to determine if and when the use of pesticides is indicated. : IPM

Example Sentences

A suite of agricultural techniques called integrated pest management combines biological, chemical and mechanical controls to sustainably manage pests.

From Science Daily

“What we’ve learned through integrated pest management is that the timing of one or staggering of different approaches together yields results for the growers,” said Aubuchon.

From Los Angeles Times

Additionally, while weather significantly impacted winter colony survival, beekeepers using these integrated pest management strategies -- where multiple methods are used to control Varroa mites -- had higher colony survival rates even in harsh weather conditions.

From Science Daily

"Our work introduces new questions about how colonies treated with an integrated pest management may be buffered from the worst effects of weather, which would have implications for climate change adaptation in beekeeping," Gray said.

From Science Daily

Brown rats are larger and more aggressive than black rats — and they want to be close to human populations, said Matthew Frye, a researcher and community educator with the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell University.

From Seattle Times