Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Plant Health Care (PHC) are
strategies for managing ornamental plants in landscapes and nurseries
in ways that reduce the potential for pest and disease problems. When
problems do occur, the practitioner implementing an IPM/PHC approach
follows a sequence of steps in the management of the pest or disease
that is designed to minimize impacts on the environment. Below are
some of the tools that a practitioner would use in implementing an
IPM/PHC program.