Role of plant pathology in integrated pest management

• Published in: Annual review of phytopathology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 373 - 391
• Main Author: Jacobsen, B.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto, CA Annual Reviews 01.01.1997
• Subjects: BIOINTENSIVE PEST MANAGEMENT; Biological and medical sciences; Control; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT; EDUCACION; EDUCATION; ENFERMEDADES DE LAS PLANTAS; EXTENSION; EXTENSION ACTIVITIES; FITOPATOLOGIA; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Generalities. Disease free stocks; GESTION DE LUCHA INTEGRADA; GESTION INTEGREE ANTIRAVAGEUR; Integrated pest control; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INVESTIGACION INTERDISCIPLINAR; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOSSES; MALADIE DES PLANTES; MODELE; MODELOS; PATHOLOGIE VEGETALE; PERDIDAS; PERTE; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PATHOLOGY; Protozoa. Invertebrates; RECHERCHE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE; RENDEMENT DES CULTURES; RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS; VULGARISATION; United States; North America; America; Scientific technical information; Plant pathology; Plant pathogen; Entomology; Political aspect; Biological control; Agronomic research; Review; Case history; Research and development; Teaching; biointensive IPM systems; Century 20th; Century 21th; Pest; Pest management; Weed science; IPM Intiative; Integrated pest management; Ecologically Based Pest Management; Program; Weed; Pest and disease control; Alternative method; Economic aspect; Environmental protection
• ISSN: 0066-4286; 1545-2107
• DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.35.1.373

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a paradigm that is widely adopted by all pest control disciplines but whose early definitions and philosophical basis belong to entomologists. Plant pathology research and extension work has historically emphasized integration of several control strategies and fits both historical and modern definitions of IPM. While the term IPM has been used only sparingly in the phytopathology literature, the integrated disease management strategies emphasized are now considered to be at the forefront of ecologically based or biointensive pest management. While IPM is broadly endorsed by crop protection disciplines, farmers, other agriculturalists, and consumers, the potential for Integrated Pest Management has not been fully realized. Most IPM programs reflect a package of tools and decision aids for individual crop insect, weed, nematode, and plant disease management. IPM programs that integrate all types of pests with the agroecosystem, crop growth and loss models still await the formation of interdisciplinary teams focusing on growers needs. Lack of funding for both discipline and interdisciplinary developmental research and implementation is responsible for the paucity of comprehensive IPM programs for the majority of the U.S. crop acreage. This review explores the origins and evolution of the IPM paradigm and reviews efforts to achieve the body of knowledge and implementation structure to achieve IPM's full potential.