Important Issues of Interest to the Western IPM Center

• Legislation and Policy
  • Worker Protection Act Standards
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
  • EPA Assessing Cumulative Risk
  • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

• USDA Pest Management Centers
  • Workshop/Conference Reports

• What is IPM?
  • "Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health and environmental risks."
  • National Road Map for IPM (PDF* 40KB) and The PAMS approach (Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, Suppression) (PDF* 16KB)

• Genetically Modified Organisms
  • Agricultural Biotechnology from USDA
  • Council for Biotechnology Information

The Western IPM Center is headquartered at the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program at UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.