pest management
Controlling unwanted creatures
Pest management is the control of insects, rodents, weeds, or other organisms that damage crops, spread disease, or cause nuisance.
The term often implies integrated approaches—combining biological controls, habitat modification, and targeted pesticides rather than blanket chemical application: The farm switched to sustainable pest management practices.
- trapsDevices for catching prey
- insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
- intercroppingSimultaneous multi-crop cultivation
- ladybugsSpotted red beetles
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
monitoring systems · lacewings · predatory insects · biopesticides · fly swatter · bug spray · scouting · quarantine measures · herbicides · habitat restoration · fungicides · rat poison · weed killer · mosquito · biological control · natural predators · beneficial insects · sanitation practices
- FFAFFA, chapter meetings, SAE, national convention, state convention
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- horticulturehorticulture, gardening, cultivation, planting, seeds
- coffee farmingcoffee cherries, shade trees, terraces, coffee pickers, nurseries
- Organic Gardeningcompost, mulch, organic fertilizer, organic seeds, heirloom seeds
- biosecurityquarantine measures, disease prevention, disease control, containment measures, biosafety
pest managementinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
doing nothing · neglect · abandonment · deferred maintenance · laissez-faire
pest managementletting nature take its course
Permitting events to unfold naturally