Presenter’s Power Point:
PowerPoint – CS – WFP – Week 5 – Chris Benedict – IPM and Weed Management PDF
Recorded Lecture:
Recording – Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning – WEEK 5 – Integrated Pest and Weed Management
Zoom Chat:
Chat – Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning – WEEK 5 – Integrated Pest & Weed Management PDF
Learning Objectives:
- Learn basics of integrated pest management (IPM)
- Understand IPM concepts and strategies; preventative methods, increasing
- beneficial insects, scouting and determining economic thresholds, etc.
- Learn common alternative weed management practices
- Develop ideas about pest and weed management practices adaptable to your farm
- operation
Topics:
- Integrated Pest Management:
- Cultural, biological, physical and chemical control methods
- Principles of IPM, including strategies for prevention and assessment of damage
- Ecological Weed Management:
- Alternative methods of weed control using
- Cultural methods: planting dates, spacing, crop rotation
- Mechanical methods: by hand, mowing, cultivating equipment, flaming Biological: grazing by sheep or insects
- Physical: mulches
- Alternative methods of weed control using
Readings:
Resource- A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests PDF
Resource- Integrated Pest Management: Effective Options for Farmers PDF
Resource- Principles of Sustainable Weed Management for Croplands PDF