New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
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Factors influencing the development of integrated pest management (IPM) in selected vegetable crops: a review
P. J. Cameron
20 Westminster Road
Mt Eden, Auckland 1024
New Zealand
email: cameronp@xtra.co.nz
Abstract This review identifies factors that influence the development of integrated pest management (IPM) programmes and contribute to reducing risks from pesticide use. It examines how these factors may alter decisions concerning pesticide use as well as influence the choice of pesticide. The review focuses on IPM programmes in New Zealand in processing tomatoes, sweetcorn, vegetable brassicas, and potatoes, and compares these programmes with IPM in pipfruit. Factors examined include regulatory issues, markets and consumers, environment and sustainability, industry associations, the plant protection industry, growers, economic factors, science and technology, and implementation. Although requirements for export markets have been a key factor driving IPM in pipfruit, this has not been the situation in most vegetable crops, but this may change as quality standards become more important across all horticultural sectors. Sustainability problems, recognised as increased reliance on pesticides, lack of natural controls, and pesticide resistance, have contributed to crisis responses but have also helped to promote industry support of IPM programmes. Underpinning science, cohesive industry associations and the availability of selective pesticides were key requirements for IPM development, but the continuation and improvement of IPM in specific crops relies on ongoing, planned extension services.
Keywords integrated pest management; pesticide risk reduction; vegetables; regulatory issues; markets; environment; industry associations; plant protection industry; growers; economics; science; technology; extension
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2007, Vol. 35: 365–384
0014–0671/07/3503–0365 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2007
H06104; Online publication date 24 August 2007. Received 27 November 2006; accepted 13 July 2007
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