PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - C.S. Koehler AU - Michael J. Raupp AU - Ethel Dutky AU - A. Davidson John TI - Standards For a Commercial Arboricultural Ipm Program AID - 10.48044/jauf.1985.064 DP - 1985 Oct 01 TA - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) PG - 293--295 VI - 11 IP - 10 4099 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/11/10/293.short 4100 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/11/10/293.full SO - JOA1985 Oct 01; 11 AB - Pilot urban landscape integrated pest management (IPM) projects have suggested standards, or guidelines, believed useful to commercial arboricultural firms contemplating offering IPM services. They are (1) acknowledgment that pesticides are not the best solution to every pest problem, (2) retention of a properly trained IPM manager, (3) ability and willingness to develop and maintain IPM-related records, and (4) a communications effort to sell IPM. These pilot projects indicate that a firm offering IPM should be a full-service company, but that every client need not subscribe to the firm’s IPM services. The two tactics that distinguish arboricultural IPM programs from traditional spray programs are (1) regular monitoring and (2) spot spraying.