NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management

NSFCIPM fosters the development and implementation of pest management programs based on a high level of knowledge of pest biology coupled with choices of monitoring tools and control technology, resulting in economically sound, environmentally compatible, and sociologically responsible integrated crop production. NSFCIPM is a National Science Foundation founded, Industry / University Cooperative Research Center, which works to support and further Integrated Pest Management through the evaluation of emerging technologies, information management and dissemination, environmental stewardship, estimation of economic consequences, resistance management tools and systems, and integration of disciplinary expertise. Although NSFCIPM supports research is all areas of plant-related IPM. However, because of the interests of our present members we focus on the following key aspects of pest management: Genomics, Biotechnology, and Diagnostics; Pesticides, Alternatives and FQPA; Information Technology and Dissemination; Pest Risk Assessment and Modeling; and Commodity-Based Research.