Components of an IPM Program:

• Identification of pests and possible natural enemies.
• A monitoring and record keeping system for regular sampling of pest and natural enemy populations.  Monitoring is an ongoing activity.
• Determination of injury level, or that size of the pest population correlated with an injury sufficient to warrant treatment. In determining injury levels, the amount of aesthetic or economic damage that can be tolerated must be correlated with the population size of pests, natural enemies, time in the season, and/or life stage of the pest or host.
• An integration of treatment methods that are effective against the pest, least disruptive to natural controls and least hazardous to human health and the environment.
• An evaluation system to determine outcome of treatment actions.