3. Eradication—eliminates, destroy, or inactivate the inoculum. 4. Protection—prevents infection by means of a toxicant or some other barrier to infection. 5. Resistance—utilizes cultivars that are resistant to or tolerant of infection. 6. Therapy—cure plants that are already infected Advantages of Integrated Disease
restrictions
corrective measures to keep pathogen from causing significant problems, with minimum risk or hazard to human and desirable components of their environment. Some of the benefits of an integrated approach are as follows:
Promotes sound structures and healthy plants
Decreases workers, tenants and public exposure to chemicals
Alleviates concern of the public about pest & pesticide related practices.
Maintains
or
increases
the
cost-
effectiveness of disease management
Management Integrated approach integrates preventive and
Reduces or eliminates re-entry interval
programs Components
of
Integrated
Disease
Management The
major
management
components are
of
host-plant
disease resistance,
cultural practices, biological control and chemical
control.
Even
though
these
components will be dealt with individually, it should be mentioned that often the different components are complementary to each other
Promotes the sustainable bio based
with strong interaction among and between
disease management alternatives.
them and the environment. The major
Reduces
the
associated
with
encouraging
the
environmental
risk
management adoption
of
by more
components
of
Integrated
Disease
Management are Cultural practices
ecologically benign control tactics
Cultural
Reduces the potential for air and ground
techniques, mulching, intercropping, plant
water contamination
density, planting date, crop rotation, strip
Protects the non-target species through
farming, timing of harvest, barrier crops,
reduced
crop mixtures, roguing, healthy planting
impact
of
plant
disease
practices
such
as
cultivation
management activities.
material, soil solarization, soil amendments,
Reduces the need for pesticides and
fertilizer
fungicides by using several management
management have been used singly and in
methods
combination
Reduces or eliminates issues related to
management. Cultural control methods not
pesticide residue
only serve in promoting the healthy growth
management, as
tools
and for
water disease
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