Integrated pest management is defined as; “using the least hazardous means of pest control to gain the best and most cost effective result”.
This page is from the integrated pest management page from the Open Directory Project. The listings in the Open Directory are all checked by human beings who have expertise in the fields presented, and the directory is, therefore, considered to be an excellent source of information on many subjects.
- Radcliffe’s IPM World Textbook
– The University of Minnesota’s electronic textbook of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) featuring contributed chapters by internationally recognized experts.
- Actron Integrated Fly Management On-Line Training – Multi-media instruction on the problem of flies with particular attention to their role in the transmission of foodborne illness and less hazardous IPM control methods appropriate for sensitive food-handling areas.
- AllPest Exterminators – A complete termite and pest control service company located in Baltimore, MD. Integrated pest management.
- Applied Bio-nomics Ltd – Information on the various biological controls available for open air crops and those grown under glass from this company which ships products to distributors in Europe, Asia and North America.
- Arizona Biological Control – Arbico – Provides biological pest control using fly parasites, lady bugs, nematodes. Also provides sustainable environmental alternatives to chemicals including fly traps, fertilizers and other products for organic growers.
- Barnowlbox.com – Offers lightweight, plastic, barn owl nest boxes to farmers and nature lovers for rodent control, integrated pest management, and barn owl conservation.
- Beneficial Exterminating. – Information on termite fumigation methods.
- Bio-Integral Resource Center – Nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to pesticide reduction. Publishes the IPM Practitioner and The Common Sense Pest Control Quarterly. Source of information on least-toxic and nontoxic solutions for pest problems.
- Bugs and Weeds – A step by step approach to lawn, garden, landscape, and home pest prevention. Practical IPM, starting with prevention.
- Center for Integrated Pest Management – Information from CIPM and about the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for IPM, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
- Cocoa Integrated Pest Management Homepage – Integrated pest management as applied to cocoa. This page is hosted by the Ohio State University.
- Cooper Mill Limited – Wholesale suppliers of insect monitoring traps, pheromones and chemical control products for insect and vegetation management.
- FAO Community IPM in Asia – Farmers in Asia are learning how to grow crops with less pesticides. This site has case studies, scientific papers, training materials and reports from 12 countries.
- Farmer Field Schools for IPM: Refresh Your Memory – A guide for FFS facilitators with practical information and tips for planning, running and evaluating their farmer field schools. Also available as a downloadable PDF file.
- Field Crop Pest Management Circulars – Factsheets designed to provide information on the biology and assessment of pest populations affecting field crops.
- Georgia Integrated Pest Management – Extensive information on pests found in Georgia and IPM for apiculture, livestock and poultry, and field and horticultural crops (including canola, cotton, tobacco, pecans, soybeans, peanuts, and grains).
- GlobalPestInfo – Project to provide international agricultural pest management professionals and growers by with data, information, software tools, and knowledge.
- Green Shield Certified – Independent, non-profit certification program that promotes practitioners of effective, prevention-based pest control while minimizing the use of pesticides.
- Integrated Pest Management – Pest management strategies in libraries for the preservation of books.
- Integrated Pest Management – The good, the bad and the genetically modified. An Australian Academy of Science project.
- Integrated Pest Management – Information from Wikipedia on this ecological method with an emphasis on control rather than eradication of pests, which significantly reduces or eliminates the use of pesticides.
- Integrated Pest Management at Iowa State University – Includes an integrated crop management newsletter, and horticulture and home pest news.
- Integrated Pest Management at West Virginia Extension – About IPM. Includes pesticide impact assessment and extensive information on specific pests and their management.
- Integrated Pest Management for Greenhouse Crops – This publication covers IPM for greenhouse crops, both vegetable and ornamental. Monitoring, sanitation, biological controls, biorational pesticides, insect growth regulators and disease control methods are discussed.
- Integrated Pest Management for House Plants – Contain information about common insects and mites attacking ornamental plants. Includes photos. By the University of Florida.
- Integrated Pest Management for Vegetable Gardens – Information on pest management for vegetable gardens such as: soil preparation, plant selection, cultural practices, and beneficial insects and mites.
- Integrated Pest Management in Thailand – Provides information for trainers, extension workers and farmers in Thailand. Includes information about pesticide problems for consumers, children and school teachers.
- Integrated Pest Management Programs – Covers greenhouse and floriculture, fruit, nursery and vegetable cultivation, and also provides information on the New Jersey Integrated Pest Management program for schools.
- IPM Access Home Page – A networking and information service IPM practitioners and other interested people.
- IPM Alabama Homepage – Includes a collection of links, weekly pest updates, crop pest and disease information, pesticide information.
- IPM Institute of North America – Independent non-profit organization formed in 1998 to foster recognition and rewards in the marketplace for goods and service providers who practice integrated pest management
- Lethbridge Research Centre – Canadian federal research facility undertaking integrated pest management research including the biological control of weeds and insects, rangeland insects and the microbial control of potato beetles and grasshoppers. [PDF]
- National Parks Service IPM Manual – Provides descriptions of the biology and management of 21 species or categories of pests.
- National Science Foundation Center for Integrated Pest Management – This organization aims to play a leading role in technology development, program implementation, training, and public awareness of IPM at the state, regional and national level.
- North Carolina Integrated Pest Management – Pest management and production information for growers and home owners in North Carolina. Includes pest descriptions, control alternatives and contacts. Managed by the Center for IPM at North Carolina State University.
- North Central IPM Center – The North Central Integrated Pest Management Center is one of four centers in a national network established to strengthen USDA’s connection with production agriculture, research and extension programs.
- Northeastern IPM Center – Part of a national network of IPM centers established to strengthen USDA’s connection with production agriculture, research and extension programs.
- Oecos: Insect Monitoring – Offers pheromone systems, traps and lures for insect monitoring and control, for agriculture and crops under glass.
- Ozone Biotech – Manufacturer and exporter of neem oil and neem based pesticides for organic farming.
- Pacific Biocontrol Corporation – Providers of pheromone based management systems for the control of a variety of insect pests.
- Palm Trees and Weevil Control – Coconut, date, oil and other palms around the world are being caused great economic damage by the red weevil. This blog aims to promote knowledge, information, news and views on how to control this pest.
- Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program (PA IPM) – Includes a pest “Problem Solver”, school IPM, agricultural IPM, many IPM resources. Also, newsletters, publications, and funding opportunities.
- Pest and Plant Disease Models and Forecasting – Provides farmers tools for predicted the outbreak of pests and plant diseases based on pest/disease development models and weather history for locations across the US and Canada. Also forecasts diseases based on current weather forecasts.
- Pesticides, Human Health and the Environment – Integrated Pest Management and Policy.
- Pher-emit – General purpose pheromone releaser for use in integrated pest management areas of forestry and agriculture.
- Practical Experience Using Mating Disruption Against Eupoecilia ambiguella and Lobesia botrana in Vineyards of the Wuerttemberg Region – Account of German scientific study into the use of pheromones, in comparison to pesticides.
- Regional IPM Centers – Provides information about commodities, pests and pest management practices, people and issues in the U.S., including crop profile and IPM Expertise databases, information on pesticide use, current pest management research, funding opportunities, and links to related sites.
- SafeCrop – Centre for research and development of crop protection with low environment and consumer health impact.
- University of California IPM Online – Develops and promotes the use of integrated, ecologically sound pest management programs in California.
- University of Connecticut Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – IPM for nurseries, vegetable growers, fruit growers, greenhouses, schools, turf, field corn, home grounds. Free online homestudy courses for homeowners. Biological control of purple loosestrife and invasive plants in the Northeast.
- Veterinary Entomology Expert Systems – Free software for house fly management in confined animal production systems, poultry pest diagnosis and management, and livestock pest diagnosis and management.
- West Africa IPM Network – Provides current, accurate information about whitefly for the West Africa region. In French and English.
- Western IPM Center – The Western Integrated Pest Management Center is one of four centers in a national network established to strengthen USDA’s connection with production agriculture, research and extension programs.
- What IPM Means – Published by the Office of Pesticides Program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
- Zalom – California’s integrated pest management program.
