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Insect Pest Management and Environmental Risk.

Robert K D Peterson¹

¹Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA;

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Environmental risk assessments for insect pest management are crucial for integrated pest management. A comprehensive understanding of risks from pests and control tactics is needed for better decision-making.

Keywords:

biological control cultural control ecological risk integrated pest management plant resistance risk assessment

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Area of Science:

Agricultural Science
Environmental Science
Ecology

Background:

Insect pests and their management pose environmental risks.
Environmental risk assessment provides a structured approach to evaluating these risks.
Integrated pest management (IPM) can be improved by understanding comparative environmental risks.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the importance of environmental risk assessment in insect pest management.
To identify the disparity in risk assessments between different pest control tactics.
To advocate for the application of risk assessment to all pest management strategies.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on risk assessments for various insect pest management tactics.
Analysis of reasons for the discrepancy in risk assessment frequency (e.g., data availability, public perception).
Emphasis on the formalized paradigm of environmental risk assessment.

Main Results:

Risk assessments are more common for pesticides and genetically engineered crops compared to biological, cultural, or semiochemical controls.
Discrepancies are attributed to factors like documented adverse effects, data availability, public perception, and political influences.
All pest management tactics warrant risk assessment regardless of current regulatory focus.

Conclusions:

A comprehensive understanding and application of environmental risk assessment are vital for effective and sustainable insect pest management.
Standardized risk assessment across all management tactics will improve decision-making and societal acceptance.
Further research and data collection are needed for less-assessed control methods.