IPM Success Stories

IPM is good for people, the environment, and the pocketbook

Since 2000, we’ve fostered the development and adoption of integrated pest management, supporting projects that focus on important pest problems and provide economic, environmental, and human health benefits to our region. Read on to learn about the impacts of projects we’ve funded and about the work of our partners nationwide.

Update: Biopesticide for Bed Bugs: A new fungal biopesticide spray developed at Penn State with funding from a Regional IPM grant is effective against immature and adult bed bugs.

To Stop Bed Bugs in Affordable Housing: Keys to Success: Managers need to take a proactive approach to pest control, especially for bed bugs.

Manipulate Habitats to Increase Beneficial Organisms: Growers often use the IPM technique of increasing the complexity and diversity of vegetation to fight bad bugs.

Growers: Make Friends with the Good Bugs to Battle Pests: Margaret Skinner and her team are studying plants as a foundation in an IPM approach to manage aphids and other pests cost-effectively.

Chemical Ecology Could Address Pests, Help Pollinators: Some plants emit chemical “help” signals that call natural enemies—such as beneficial insects—to their aid.

An Introduction to Beneficial Organisms and Habitat: Farmers, gardeners, homeowners, and land managers can cultivate rich habitats for beneficial organisms and suppress pests.

Ideas for Your Nuisance Deer Conservation Program: Imagine that you could hire a consultant to help you deal with the ecological damage caused by having too many deer in your municipality.

How to Tell Pests to Stay Away: Exclusion, or prevention—it’s a fundamental principle of IPM, but why does it matter and how does one do it?

Preventing Deer from Becoming Pests: Experts are using IPM techniques to prevent deer from destroying ecosystems.

Preventing Ticks and Lyme Disease: Scientists Test New Strategy: According to DreamBible.com, “to dream of ticks represents an annoyance in your life that forces you to be extra careful.”