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1 <br /> 1 <br /> Target - Specific Treatment <br /> 1 <br /> With IPM, when over - threshold populations are identified and <br /> control action becomes necessary, treatments should be "target- specific ". <br /> 1 The theoretical objective is to successfully eliminate or suppress the target <br /> 1 pest/vegetation without impacting anything else. The closer to this <br /> principle one can come in actual practice, the more successfully IPM will <br /> 1 have been applied. <br /> Realistic ways to come close to the theoretical ideal include the use of <br /> 1 selective P esticide materials (chemical and biological) such as Bt's, <br /> 1 phermone lures /traps, selective herbicides, and the like. A second <br /> approach is to restrict the area of treatment to only infested plants or <br /> portions of the landscape(s) or right(s) -of -way involved. When coupled with <br /> an effective monitoring system, such target - specific methods can provide <br /> the same (or better) level of plant protection with greatly reduced volume of <br /> pesticide materials utilized, or, in other words, significantly lower <br /> operating costs. (Remember, what Hunter & Coad set out to do in 1923 was <br /> control the costs of cotton production/protection.) <br /> 1 Obviously, target - specific treatments also make excellent sense from <br /> an environmental/ecological sense, both by reducing application volumes <br /> and by minimizing what could be termed "non- target impacts ". The beauty <br /> 1 of authentic/historic integrated pest management methodology is that it <br /> really is possible to "have it both ways". <br /> 1 <br /> 16 <br /> 1 <br />