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When most folks think of pest management, it’s easy to picture someone spraying ‘harmful chemicals’ around a yard, a field, or even a crop duster plane flying nearby. It then becomes easy to think of ...

A silver bullet may work for the Lone Ranger and be effective against werewolves, but over time it has not always been a successful strategy for integrated pest management. The concept of IPM was ...

Frank Zalom knows what a bug's life is all about. Zalom, the 2004 winner of the James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award, also knows how to separate the good bugs from the bad ones. Zalom is a ...

A study out of Mississippi State University evaluated the impact insect pest management strategies have on the economic return of small-scale tomato production. The results of this evaluation are ...

A pest is any animal, plant, or other organism whose biology, behavior, or location places it in direct conflict with humans. Some pests threaten human health, while others may compete for food, ...