The Integrated Pest Management in the Home Garden and Landscape video series was created to support an IPM in the home garden and landscape hands-on workshop designed for Virginia Master Gardener training. However, videos in the series may also be used as stand-alone training for MG pesticide safety and/or IPM training. This series focuses on plant pathogens and plant disease rather than insects mites, weeds or other pest problems. However, the pesticide information and concepts related to IPM overviewed in these videos can be applied to other pest problems. 

After viewing this video viewers should:

• gain an understanding of how the plant host, pathogen and environment are all factors in plant disease development
• gain some knowledge of the multitude of ways that plant pathogens spread and survive
• understand that proper timing of control tactics, such as a pesticide application, may be critical to effective management of a plant pathogen.
• gain knowledge of how to identify reliable resources for information on plant pathogens/disease
• gain knowledge on how to assess whether or not a pesticide should be used