"Integrated Pest Management is the coordinated use of pest and environmental information along with available pest control methods, including cultural, biological, genetic and chemical methods, to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment".

Proceedings of the National Integrated Pest Management Forum. 1992. American Farmland Trust

This site is the WWW information source from and about the National Science Foundation founded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Integrated Pest Management, located at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

From 1992 through 2007, funding through the NSF Center for IPM exceeded $35 million. For 2007, NSF CIPM is managing over $8 million in active projects, and additionally managed the Southern Region IPM Competitive Grants Program for USDA/CSREES through the Southern Region IPM Center.