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Integrated Pest Management “is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices.

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The National Pest Management Association also named bedbugs as the 'Buzziest' pest of 2025. Here are some tips to stay safe ...

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Explain the relationship among pest biology and behavior, human interests, and pest status. • Describe some potential risks of pesticide use. • Define Integrated Pest Management (IPM). • List the ...

The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization, using radiation, of a target pest, followed by the systematic ...

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...

Ticks won the dubious honor. Ticks were named NPMA’s 2025 Pest of the Year due to their significant public-health impact, including rising tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted ...