2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 413: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
7 §2401. Definitions

Part 5: PLANT INDUSTRY

§2401. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]

1. Integrated pest management. "Integrated pest management" means the selection, integration and implementation of pest damage prevention and control based on predicted socioeconomic and ecological consequences, including:

A. Understanding the system in which the pest exists; [1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]

B. Establishing dynamic economic or aesthetic injury thresholds and determining whether the organism or organism complex warrants control; [1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]

C. Monitoring pests and natural enemies; [1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]

D. When needed, selecting the appropriate system of cultural, mechanical, genetic, including resistant cultivars, biological or chemical prevention techniques or controls for desired suppression; and [1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]

E. Systematically evaluating the pest management approaches utilized. [1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]

[ 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).