Question

Full form of IPM is
A. Integrated pest management
B. Integrated program for malnutrition
C. Indian petroleum management
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: IPM is a well-planned strategy applied in different areas of agriculture, offices, and homes to control the spread of specific animals and to minimise the damage caused by them.

Complete answer:
IPM stands for Integrated Pest Management.
- IPM is a pest management system in the context of minimizing risk to the people and the environment. It involves the combination of different components like mechanical, physical, cultural, biological, and chemical measures to control pests not only in agriculture but anywhere in urban and wildland or natural areas. IPM is eco-friendly and focuses on long term prevention of pests and their damage.
- IPM is a well-planned strategy to control pests without any risk to humans or the environment and is target-specific. IPM includes techniques like modification of cultural techniques, biological control, habitat manipulation, and use of resistant varieties. Even if pesticides are used they are monitored and only permitted after clearance for it to be target-specific, that remove only the target organism and does not have an effect on other parameters, organism, and environment. The IPM program combines various management practices to increase the effectiveness of the already known technique and its effect to remain for a longer duration.
- Objectives of IPM include a reduction in management cost, avoid or at least minimize the environmental pollution, and maintaining ecological balance with minimum disturbance to the ecosystem.

Additional Information:
IPM program is managed as follow:
- Identification of pest
- Assessing the number of pests and the damage caused through monitoring practice.
- Guidelines are designed and circulated for when the management actions need to be taken.
Prevention of pest problems
- Using a combination of already known techniques for pest control.
- Assessing the effects of pest management techniques.

Note: IPM uses the current knowledge of the pest life cycle, their interaction with the environment, and already available pest control techniques. Crops produced using IPM are not organic crops. IPM is also known as Integrated Pest Control (IPC).