Ornamental and Turf pest control

The monitoring of pests can

Knowing the pest's biology

Economic considerations, i.e damage created outweighs the costs of controls,

Most pests can be controlled during

Physical control methods include washing of plants, use of physical barriers, and pruning of the infected plant material

Cultural control methods include the manipulation of irrigation and fertilization schedules to reduce disease

An IPM program is the use of pesticides, monitoring, resistant plants, biological and cultural control of pests

Identification is the first step to any effective pest control program

Biological control includes the use of

Using alternative methods of controlling pests is part of