Most UC Master Gardeners are familiar with the term Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, but some may have recently learned about SPM, which stands for Sustainable Pest Management. How are these two ...

Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner. If you work in agricultural, turf, landscape, or structural settings, you are probably at your busiest. If you handle pesticides as part ...

Public concern over perceived hazards of pesticides, increasing costs of conventional pest control, and legislation such as the Endangered Species Act all serve in their own way to advance the ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has allocated more than $500,000 in the sixth funding cycle of the Proactive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Solutions grant program. The ...

Frank Zalom knows what a bug's life is all about. Zalom, the 2004 winner of the James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award, also knows how to separate the good bugs from the bad ones. Zalom is a ...

Children spend a significant part of their lives in school. Pest management is an important part of school safety. Integrated Pest Management is a process of managing pests that replies on prevention ...

A new study recently published in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) shows that from 2003 to 2008, the use of insecticide active ingredients was reduced by about 90% in University of ...