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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to manage pests that combines prevention, avoidance, pest monitoring, and suppression in a manner that minimizes economic and environment risk.
This process considers the whole ecosystem in determining the best and safest methods for managing pests. It is environmentally sound and serves as a framework to provide an effective, comprehensive, low-risk approach to protect people and resources from pests.
Greener Texas's IPM strategy is not a single pest control method but, rather, a series of pest management evaluations, decisions, and controls. In practicing IPM, we utilize a five-tier approach:
- Inspection
A comprehensive inspection of the structure and surrounding environment.
- Monitor and Identify Pests
Monitor for pests and identify them accurately, so that appropriate control decisions can be made in conjunction with action thresholds.
- Set Action Thresholds
Action thresholds or tolerance thresholds must be established. This is a point at which pest populations or environmental conditions indicate that pest control action must be taken.
- Control
Evaluate the proper control method both for effectiveness and risk. Effective, less risky pest controls are chosen first.
- Evaluation
Evaluations and follow-up visits are conducted to monitor pest populations and evaluate the plan and strategies in order to measure the effectiveness of the IPM program and adjust it as necessary.
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