“综合防治”与“虫害管理”涉及到害虫防治有许多共同之处的两个方面。弄清“综合防治”概念的关键是“综合”(integration)这个词,这里综合防治的定义是联合采用包括栽培方法、抗虫品种、天敌、生物防治及化学防治等在内的各种适当的抑制害虫的方式,以达到有效、安全而经济地降低虫口的目的。所谓“虫害管理”就是应用所有适当的方法管理虫口,使之保持在“经济危害水平”之下,即造成经济损失的虫口密度之下。在同两种其他可供选择的策略对比之下,综合防治和虫害管理似乎就更为独特了。它们显然与依靠常规喷洒化学杀虫剂的防治方法不同,也与单纯依靠引入捕食和寄生天敌以图永 “Integrated control” and “pest management” involve two aspects that have much in common with pest control. The key to clarify the concept of “integrated control” is the word “integration,” where integrated control is defined as a combination of various appropriate measures including cultivation methods, insect resistant varieties, natural enemies, biological control and chemical control Inhibition of pests in order to achieve an effective, safe and economical way to reduce the population. The so-called “pest management” is to apply all appropriate methods to manage insects and keep them below the “economic hazard level”, that is, under the density of pests causing economic losses. In contrast to the other two alternative strategies, integrated control and pest management seem more unique. They are obviously different from the control methods that rely on conventional spraying of chemical insecticides. They also rely on the introduction of predators and parasitic natural enemies