Measuring the unmeasurable? A method to quantify adoption of integrated pest management practices in temperate arable farming systems

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Creissen, Henry E, Jones, Philip J, Tranter, Richard B, Girling, Robbie D, Jess, Stephen, Burnett, Fiona J, Gaffney, Michael, Thorne, Fiona S and Kildea, Steven. 2019. "Measuring the unmeasurable? A method to quantify adoption of integrated pest management practices in temperate arable farming systems." Pest Management Science. 75 (12), pp. 3144-3152. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5428
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Measuring the unmeasurable? A method to quantify adoption of integrated pest management practices in temperate arable farming systems

ERA Journal ID5321
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsCreissen, Henry E, Jones, Philip J, Tranter, Richard B, Girling, Robbie D, Jess, Stephen, Burnett, Fiona J, Gaffney, Michael, Thorne, Fiona S and Kildea, Steven
Journal TitlePest Management Science
Journal Citation75 (12), pp. 3144-3152
Number of Pages9
Year2019
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISSN1526-498X
1526-4998
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5428
Web Address (URL)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ps.5428
Abstract

BACKGROUND
The impetus to adopt integrated pest management (IPM) practices has re-emerged in the last decade, mainly as a result of legislative and environmental drivers. However, a significant deficit exists in the ability to practically monitor and measure IPM adoption across arable farms; therefore, the aim of the project reported here was to establish a universal metric for quantifying adoption of IPM in temperate arable farming. This was achieved by: (i) identifying a set of key activities that contribute to IPM; (ii) weighting these in terms of their importance to the achievement of IPM using panels of expert stakeholders to create the metric (scoring system from 0 to 100 indicating level of IPM practised); (iii) surveying arable farmers in the UK and Ireland about their pest management practices; and (iv) measuring level of farmer adoption of IPM using the new metric.

RESULTS
This new metric was found to be based on a consistent conception of IPM between countries and professional groups. The survey results showed that, although level of adoption of IPM practices varied over the sample, all farmers had adopted IPM to some extent (minimum 27.2 points, mean score of 65.1), but only 13 of 225 farmers (5.8%) had adopted more than 85% of what is theoretically possible, as measured by the new metric.

CONCLUSION
We believe that this new metric would be a viable and cost-effective system to facilitate the benchmarking and monitoring of national IPM programmes in temperate zone countries with large-scale arable farming systems. © 2019 Society of Chemical Indus

Keywordsintegrated pest management; IPM score; arable farming; farmer survey; sustainable agriculture; IPM metric
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020300409. Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds)
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Byline AffiliationsScotland's Rural College, United Kingdom
Teagasc Oak Park Crops Research Centre, Ireland
University of Reading, United Kingdom
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, United Kingdom
Horticultural Development Department, Ireland
Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department, Ireland
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Zahn, Deane K, Girling, Robbie D., McElfresh, J Steven, Cardé, Ring T. and Millar, Jocelyn G. 2008. "Biology and Reproductive Behavior of Murgantia histrionica (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)." Annals of the Entomological Society of America: devoted to the interest of classical entomology. 101 (1), pp. 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[215:BARBOM]2.0.CO;2
Investigations into plant biochemical wound-response pathways involved in the production of aphid-induced plant volatiles
Girling, Robbie D., Madison, Rachael, Hassall, Mark, Poppy, Guy M. and Turner, John G.. 2008. "Investigations into plant biochemical wound-response pathways involved in the production of aphid-induced plant volatiles." Journal of Experimental Botany. 59 (11), pp. 3077-3085. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern163
Behavioural responses of the seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata to plant headspace chemicals collected from four crop Brassicas and Arabidopsis thaliana, infested with Myzus persicae
Girling, R.D. and Hassall, M.. 2008. "Behavioural responses of the seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata to plant headspace chemicals collected from four crop Brassicas and Arabidopsis thaliana, infested with Myzus persicae." Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 10 (4), pp. 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00379.x
Analysis and Manipulation of the Structure of Odor Plumes from a Piezo-Electric Release System and Measurements of Upwind Flight of Male Almond Moths, Cadra cautella, to Pheromone Plumes
Girling, Robbie D. and Cardé, Ring T.. 2007. "Analysis and Manipulation of the Structure of Odor Plumes from a Piezo-Electric Release System and Measurements of Upwind Flight of Male Almond Moths, Cadra cautella, to Pheromone Plumes." Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33 (10), pp. 1927-1945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9349-3
Do turning biases by the 7-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata, increase their foraging efficiency?
Girling, Robbie D., Hassall, Mark and Turner, John G.. 2007. "Do turning biases by the 7-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata, increase their foraging efficiency?" Behaviour: an international journal of behaviourial biology. 144 (2), pp. 143-163. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853907779947337
Behavioural responses of the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to volatiles from Arabidopsis thaliana induced by Myzus persicae
Girling, R.D., Hassall, M., Turner, J.G. and Poppy, G.M.. 2006. "Behavioural responses of the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to volatiles from Arabidopsis thaliana induced by Myzus persicae." Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 120 (1), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00423.x
Analysis and manipulation of odor-plume structure from a piezo-electric pheromone release system and its effects on upwind flight of male moths to pheromone
Girling, R.D. and Cardé, R.T.. 2006. "Analysis and manipulation of odor-plume structure from a piezo-electric pheromone release system and its effects on upwind flight of male moths to pheromone." International Society of Chemical Ecology Annual Meeting 2006. Barcelona, Spain 15 - 19 Jul 2006 Spain.
Analysis of the Courtship Behavior of the Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), with a Commentary on Methods for the Analysis of Sequences of Behavioral Transitions
Girling, Robbie D. and Cardé, Ring T.. 2006. "Analysis of the Courtship Behavior of the Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), with a Commentary on Methods for the Analysis of Sequences of Behavioral Transitions." Journal of Insect Behavior. 19 (4), pp. 497-520. https://doi.org/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-006-9041-4
Mating and mate finding behavior of the navel orangeworm
Girling, Robbie and Cardé, Ring T.. 2005. "Mating and mate finding behavior of the navel orangeworm." Entomological society of america pacific branch 89th annual meeting. Pacific Grove, California, United States 27 Feb - 02 Mar 2005 United States.
Responses of Diaeretiella rapae to volatiles induced by aphids from Arabidopsis thaliana mutants
Girling, R.D., Hassall, M., Poppy, G.M. and Turner, J.G.. 2003. "Responses of Diaeretiella rapae to volatiles induced by aphids from Arabidopsis thaliana mutants ." Royal Entomological Society’s 22nd Annual Meeting. Reading, UK 2003 - 2004
‘Handedness’ in the 7-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata: a problem for y-tube olfactometry
Girling, Robbie and Hassall, Mark. 2002. "‘Handedness’ in the 7-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata: a problem for y-tube olfactometry." International Society of Chemical Ecology Annual Meeting 2002. Hamburg, Germany 03 - 07 Aug 2002 Germany.