Integrative Management Strategies
State pro’s and con’s of the traditional methods of host resistance
Natural and sustainable
Long term protection
Reduce pesticide usage
Cons:
Time consuming
Limited genetics
Resistance breakdown
Why do we use remote pest sensing?
It provides timely and accurate information about pest populations and their dynamics in agricultural fields.
Host resistance Objective.
• Objective: take advantage of plant’s natural resistance
• Transgenic: not an option for all crops
Three benefits of a transgenic approach to host resistance
Tolerate herbicides
Produce toxic proteins
Tolerate stress
Who? What? Why?
Drones, satellites, or ground-based sensors can detect pests before they start to spread throughout the field. This allows the grower to act promptly and prevent significant crop damage.
Regulatory also known as Behavioral Objective. Give ex
Objective: limit movement to prevent future
disease/damage
• Quarantine.
Asian Citrus Psyllid/HLB
What is the role that biological control agents have when it comes to weed control
Sustainable, long-term, and environmentally friendly solutions that complement other weed management practices.
What can satellites do?
Help draw at a large level the distribution of a pest identifying hotspots of pest activity, by analyzing this data, growers can create IPM plans that can reduce the usage of pesticides and apply only the needed amounts.
Biological Objective. Ex
Objective: use the biology of one species to prevent the survival of another species through feeding, survival, reproduction
Examples
• Predators: Lady beetles, lacewing larvae
• Parasitoids: Trichogramma, Encarsia, Aphelinus
• Herbivores: (weed control)
• Bacteria/Fungi/Viruses