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Steven
Ash, IPM-PCA Associates |
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Steven |
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415-454-9615 |
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Service
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structural
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commercial
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school
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landscape
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residential
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golf course
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other: rights
of way, public lands, government agencies |
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IPM
Consulting and Training, IPM Publications, Licensed Pest Control Advisor |
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What
is your definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? |
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Decision-making
process that uses monitoring to determine pest levels and set thresholds,
uses cultural, mechanical, physical, biological and educational methods
to manage pests at acceptable levels. Uses least-toxic chemical methods
as a last resort . Uses monitoring to determine effectiveness of treatment
actions and evaluate IPM strategy. |
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Is pest management performed on a specific schedule? |
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Monitoring
is performed on a specific schedule, but not treatment action. |
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How are pest problems identified? |
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Pests
are indentified through monitoring and identification of pests. They
are monitored through direct field observation. |
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What practices
do you use to prevent and/or control pests? |
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Monitor,
cultural, physical, mechanical, biological and edcational methods |
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Do you
use biological controls? |
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Beneficial
organisms and competitive planting |
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Recommend
for ant management |
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Do you
use synthetic chemicals? |
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What
are the top 10 pesticides you use/sell/recommend? |
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Bt,
M-pede (Potassium laurate), EcoExempt HC (2-Phenethyl Propionate,
eugenol), AQ-10, Botanigard (Beauveria bassiana GHA) |
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If pesticides are used, how much are used per year of each? |
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Minimal
amounts and as a last resort, applied as spot treatments. |
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Does
your company perform habitat modification? |
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Yes,
weed fabric and mulch |
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Do you
use any physical or mechanical controls? |
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Yes,
copper banding to exclude snails |
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What
type of fertilizers do you use/sell/recommend? |
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Organic
fertilizers or slow release synthetic fertilizers |
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What
do you usually use/sell/recommend for addressing: |
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How do
you evaluate effectiveness of your pest management |
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Monitoring
before and after treatment actions have been performed and keeping
records of monitoring activities to gain a historical perspective. |
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Debi
Raphael, Toxics Reduction Program Manager, S.F. Dept of Environment,
11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-355-3711; Kirk Lemington,
Resource Ecologist and IPM Coordinator, City of Santa Cruz, 323 Church
Street, Santa Cruz, 95060, 831-420-5364. |
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