Integrated pest management

Abstract

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a comprehensive preventative and management program intended to protect stored products from farm-to-fork. IPM begins at harvest and ends with consumers and will encompass all the tools and techniques described in the chapters of this book. This chapter discusses preventative methods to maintain grain quality and inhibit insect infestation, monitoring tools and strategies to determine when corrective actions are needed, and management tools available to suppress infestations from stored product insects. The implementation of physical, mechanical, and chemical methods to monitor, prevent, and manage stored grain is key to IPM success in bulk storage and processing facilities and finally in the marketplace.