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2. Importance Of Scale

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The first level of organization in an ecosystem is the individual followed by population, community, and ecosystem (Figure 1). There are three levels of IPM implementation:

Level I:   Population level integration - Control of a single pest species in an individual crop.

Level II:  Community level integration - Management of pests (insects, weeds or pathogens) for a single crop.

Level III: Ecosystem level integration - Management of all pests within entire cropping systems.