Pest Management in U.S. Agriculture

by Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Sharon Jans

This report describes the use of pest management practices, including integrated pest management (IPM), for major field crops and selected fruits and vegetables. The data came chiefly from the 1996 Agricultural Resource Management Study (ARMS) developed by USDA. Because different pest classes may dominate among different crops and regions, requiring different pest management techniques to control them, the extent of adoption of pest management practices varies widely. For example, insects are a major pest class in cotton production, while minor for soybeans. As insect management has a wider variety of nonchemical techniques than weed control, cotton growers are expected to be further ahead on the IPM continuum than soybean producers.

Keywords: pest management, IPM, pesticides, green technologies, field crops, fruits and vegetables

In this publication...

• Entire Report
• Frontmatter (Title page, Contents, Summary)
• Introduction
• Pests and Pest Management
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• The Extent of Adoption of Pest Management Techniques or Practices
• Concluding Comments
• References
• Appendix I--Tables of Pesticide Treatments by Major Target Pest, State, and Crop
• Appendix II--Tables on Pest Management Practices by Crop and Region
• Appendix III--Tables on Pesticide Use by Crop and Active Ingredient
• Appendix IV--Pest Management Questions from the 1996 ARMS Survey (Corn)