ISLAND CROP MANAGEMENT IPM 4

Conrad Bérubé
island crop management
email: uc779(at)freenet.victoria.bc.ca


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WHAT WE DO:

Island Crop Management uses the following steps to keep pest damage at an acceptable level:

monitoring: The key to IPM is frequent and regular monitoring (sampling) of the subject crop and its potential pests-- and an intimate knowledge of the life-cycle of those the pest species most likely to threaten your crops.
decision-making: Control measures are warranted only when pest numbers are found to be greater than the economic injury level-- the "break even" point at which losses incurred by pest damage is equal to the cost of applying a control method. Island Crop Management consultants are experienced in the principles and practices of IPM including the various thresholds determined for agriculture in B.C.
action: Island Crop Management personnel can assist you by recommending control measures, when they are required. Through the regular monitoring service we provide, control measures can be applied as soon as a problem is detected and when the pest is in its most vulnerable life-stage.
evaluation : Island Crop Management consultants re- examine your crops after control methods are completed to ensure that the control was effective.

Fields will be checked from early April until harvest begins. After collecting field data we will provide a written recommendation of control actions (when necessary). The ultimate choice of control method is the decision of the grower.