Tuesday, December 11, 2001 -
D0456

Development of a standardized measurement tool to measure adoption of integrated pest management

Carol L Pilcher1, Peggy Petrzelka2, Steve Padgitt3, Wendy Wintersteen1, Jerry DeWitt1, Mike Duffy4, and Tom Fuchs5. (1) Iowa State University, Department of Entomology, Insectary Building, Ames, IA, (2) Utah State University, Logan, UT, (3) Iowa State University, Department of Sociology, East Hall, Ames, IA, (4) Iowa State University, Department of Economics, 560 Heady Hall, Ames, IA, (5) Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 7887 US Highway 87N, San Angelo, TX

The primary purpose of this study was to take an important step towards developing a standardized measurement tool for the adoption of IPM that could be utilized by multiple agencies across different commodities. Specific objectives were to evaluate existing measurement devices to develop an appropriate tool with field level applicability and to demonstrate the use of this tool across state lines with different commodities. A standardized measurement tool was successfully tested with corn, soybean, and cotton production in Iowa and Texas. This tool delineates the difference between IPM users and non-IPM users. It also characterizes four levels of IPM adoption (low, moderate, high, and very high).

Keywords: integrated pest management, standardized measurement tool

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