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2 Vision for Pest Management
2 Vision for Pest Management
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This new drug preempts the growth of Salmonella in the avian gut before the pathogenic forms have the opportunity to reduce growth efficiency and potentially contaminate the food product. This ecosystem-based process has been licensed and is being commercialized (Hays, 1998~.
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These three examples from the poultry industry serve to document the movement from primary and dominant use of "chemical-icicles" in pest control to approaches that are more ecosystem based. ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT The National Research Council (NRC)
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The opportunity and the responsibility are there for us to initiate the development and implementation of ecosystem-based approaches In pest management. The professional societies can and should be lbe leaders In this endeavor.
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If IPM, biological control, organic farming, and sustainable agriculture strategies include the essence of EBPM, is it fruitful to complicate the landscape with a new acronym? In reflecting on the history of the development of the pest sciences, the NRC committee felt that a new articulation of our vision of pest management was needed and that, in particular, we need to move beyond current organizational/institutional barriers.
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The USDA's National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program and the regional IPM grants programs also provide some funding, but relative to the needs the amounts available are small. Compounding the problem is the generally low level of funding available for all ecological research.
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Finally, there has to be an understanding of the socioeconomic issues that influence the adoption of EBPM practices. WORKSHOP GOALS The goal of this workshop is to find common ground among various groups and professional societies, that will lead to joint support for our common vision of pest management, rather than to address the research needs necessary for the success of EBPM.
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Professional societies are seeking ways to jointly sponsor issues of common interest and to sponsor joint meetings that allow their members to meet with those of similar disciplines. Joint meetings present challenges to find common ground in our different cultures.
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Thus, future pest management strategies will be built upon an improved understanding of natural biological interactions that suppress pest populations, as well as identification of where the use of supplemental inputs and cultural practices disturb the managed ecosystem and how pest populations develop and adapt to these disturbances. Manipulation of these natural processes into practical and profitable strategies is key to development of ecologically based pest management.
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