Using Integrated Pest Management to Improve Crop Resilience

December 7, 2022

Integrated Pest management (IPM) is a strategy to manage pest and disease threats to your crops. But it could have bigger benefits—it’s also an important part of your toolkit to improve crop resilience in the face of extreme weather events and changing conditions.

video

Soil Health & Agroecosystem Management

Guests:

Daren Mueller Professor, Iowa State University

Daren Mueller, a professor at Iowa State University, describes how IPM can help prevent or decrease diseases to improve crop resilience.

Break it down: Mueller describes how scouting, gathering data, and paying close attention to your crops can help you make economically sound and informed decisions to manage pests and diseases.

Curious about IPM and want to learn more? Check out these articles:

“Integrated Pest Management” (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
“Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Principles” (US Environmental Protection Agency)
“What Is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?” (University of California IPM)

Edited by: Tom Schultz

Produced by: DJ May

Using Integrated Pest Management to Improve Crop Resilience

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