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Habitat Manipulation
Changes the immediate ecosystem to discourage or eliminate pests, used for insects, weeds, and some vertebrate pests.
Botanical Control
Employs plant-based compounds with pest control properties to manage pests, often used against insects and fungi.
Trapping
Catches or kills pests using various types of traps, commonly used against rodents, insects, and certain large mammals.
Cultural Control
Involves altering the environment or farming practices to make conditions less favorable for pests, used against weeds, insects, and diseases.
Electronic Pest Control
Utilizes electronic devices to repel, attract, or kill pests, typically targeting insects and rodents.
Chemical Control
Uses synthetic chemicals to target and eliminate pests, controlling a wide range of insects, rodents, weeds, and fungi.
Repellents
Substances that deter pests from entering an area or from damaging plants, typically against insects, birds, and mammals.
Sterilization
Involves sterilizing individual pests or the environment to prevent reproduction, used against insects and microbial pathogens.
Regulatory Control
Implemented by governments through quarantine and legislation to prevent the spread of pests, effective against invasive species and agricultural pests.
Natural Predators
Introduces or encourages organisms that naturally prey on pest species, effectively managing certain insect and rodent populations.
Biological Control
Introduces predators, parasites, or pathogens to control pest populations naturally, often used against insects and plant diseases.
Pheromone Control
Uses synthetic versions of natural chemical signals to disrupt the mating patterns of pests, primarily used against moths and beetles.
Physical Control
Employs temperature extremes, humidity, and other physical forces to deter or kill pests, including insects, mites, and pathogens.
Soil Amendment
Adding organic or inorganic materials to the soil to improve plant health and reduce pest problems, used for nutrient management and disease suppression.
Mechanical Control
Utilizes equipment and physical methods to remove or exclude pests, often targeting insects, rodents, birds, and weeds.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Combines multiple pest control strategies to reduce reliance on pesticides and minimize environmental impact, effective against a wide spectrum of pests.
Allelopathy
Uses plants that naturally produce chemicals inhibiting other plant species, primarily for weed control.
Sanitation
Involves maintaining clean environments to reduce food, shelter, and breeding sites for pests, targeting urban pests like roaches and rats.
Exclusion
Prevents pest access to particular areas or plants using physical barriers, commonly employed against insects, birds, and mammals.
Genetic Control
Involves manipulating the genetic makeup of pests or crops to manage pests, used against crop pests and vectors of human diseases.
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