IPM News and Related Stories

Tool for an IPM Toolbox
The IPM Practitioner’s 2015 Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products is now available online. This Directory lists more than 2,000 products such as baits, traps, pheromones, microbials, biocontrol agents, least toxic pesticides and other materials needed for IPM for insect, disease, weed and vertebrate control. More information can be found here: Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products

Adirondacks Invasives
The Nature Conservancy and partners have excelled at a coordinated approach that’s making a difference: early detection and rapid response of invasives. Read more at:  Adirondacks Rapid Response an Invasives Success Story


New York Honey Bees Evolved Resistance to Disease After Exposure to Varroa Mites
Researchers have found a population of bees that appears to have developed genetic resistance to predatory mite called the Varroa destructor. 
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