effective, long-term approach to pest management. Traditional methods of pest control usually involve no more than periodic applications of pesticides. IPM is a common sense approach... to pest management that uses a variety of methods to control pests. Chemical pesticides may be part of an IPM program. However, considerable effort is also put towards preventing... pest problems by controlling conditions, which may attract and support pests. IPM has been used successfully for many years in agriculture, and is increasingly being applied in non...