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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to manage pests that cause crop losses. The interests and impacts on producers, society and the environment are seen as a whole picture. This is done by following a defined decision path whereby a management plan for the coming season is devised and a combination of pest control methods is selected. The main objective of IPM is to lower input costs and optimize the chemical products used. This is mainly done by timing the most susceptible pest life stage to the selected chemical sprays