PEST CONTROL STRATEGIES: URBAN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

W. Olkowski
Assistant Research Entomologist

H. Olkowski
Research Associate

T. Drlik, M. Minter, R. Zuparko
L. laub, L. Orthel, N. Heidler
Laboratory and Field Technicians
Urban Biological Control Project
Division of Biological Control
University of California, Berkeley 94720

This paper discusses the need to establish urban integrated pest
Management (IPM) programs in cities, for the purpose of reducing pesticide
use, and documents some of our experiences in developing such IPM programs
in the north central California and San Francisco Bay areas.

In 1970,
sified as urban by the
Bureau of the Census. These people lived in 7,061 communities, each with
2,500 or more people. Areas classified as rural may also have urban
characteristics in relation to pest Management.

Historically insect pest control has developed largely around agri-
cultural, silviculcural and medical pest problems, while horticultural
areas have been given relatively less attention. This general trend is
also evident with the development and application of the new technology
of integrated control (2,3,4,13). The revised edition of Urban Entomology
(1) hardly considers horticultural problems. Those that it does consider
are dealt with from a relatively narrew but widel
has predominated over the last few
recently, in 1974, did the Ameri
Tecognize the field of U
the subject.

lable to focus
nsect relationships, Those working in
rly organized (see the Crnamental Plaoc
as is the literarure of hart al
st peonla

e evident.

Urban Pesticide Use

One way to assess existing urban pest Management activities is tro
examine pesticide use patterns. Urban and suburban pescicide users are:
homeowners, public and private institutions and commercial establish-