Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 413: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
7 §2401. Definitions

§2401. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
1.  Integrated pest management.  "Integrated pest management" means the selection, integration and implementation of pest damage prevention and control based on predicted socioeconomic and ecological consequences, including:  
A. Understanding the system in which the pest exists;   [PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
B. Establishing dynamic economic or aesthetic injury thresholds and determining whether the organism or organism complex warrants control;   [PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
C. Monitoring pests and natural enemies;   [PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
D. When needed, selecting the appropriate system of cultural, mechanical, genetic, including resistant cultivars, biological or chemical prevention techniques or controls for desired suppression; and   [PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
E. Systematically evaluating the pest management approaches utilized.   [PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1991, c. 609, §2 (NEW).

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