IPM is a philosophy of controlling the pest in
the crop field (in the context of the associated environment) by utilizing all suitable
techniques and methods in as compatible a manner as possible and maintaining the
pest population at levels below those causing economic injury. It deals with the
optimization of different pest control practices and not the maximization of pest
control in terms of overall economic, social and environmental values.
The important components of IPM are:
- cultural practices like early or late planting, summer ploughing, use of pheromone traps, use of parasites, predators, and pathogens of crop pests, quarantine measures, hand collection etc.,
- judicious use of pesticides and other chemicals used for pest control. IPM is a knowledge intensive approach and is still more of an aspiration than a reality for the average farmer in developing countries.
- use of pest resistant or tolerant varieties,
These are all different factors which socially, environmentally friendly and economically sound. Finally, the products which are harvested will not be bearing high amount chemical residues. As a result the products will be safe. Safety of products is one of the criteria of the quality.
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