Individual residents in the United States increasingly practice do-it-yourself pest management in their lawns and gardens. This self-managed pest control is frequently characterized by unnecessary and sometimes indiscriminate applications of pesticide that are often ineffective and environmentally damaging. Given residential consumers account for most of the world’s pesticide expenditures, the need to increase adoption of IPM best practices is critical. Through its education and technical training programming, we argue that Cooperative Extension is uniquely positioned to nudge residential DIY pest management away from an exclusive reliance on pesticide application and towards IPM best practices. To assess how best to encourage an increase in IPM adoption, we examined the relationship between an individual user’s knowledge of IPM practices and adoption of IPM behavior. Survey results from individual residents responsible for their lawn and garden management indicate that where there is high knowledge of IPM best practices, there appears to be a strong likelihood of behavior adoption. Results also show, however, that a significant number of respondents have little to no knowledge of IPM. To address this gap, we argue for the need to increase IPM-related education and provide recommendations for future research.

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他们知道什么，他们做什么？美国景观综合害虫管理知识和用途的国家评估

美国的居民越来越多地在自己的草坪和花园中进行“自己动手做”虫害管理。这种自我管理的害虫控制通常具有不必要的，有时是滥杀滥伤作用的杀虫剂，这些杀虫剂往往无效且对环境有害。鉴于居民消费者占据了世界农药支出的绝大部分，因此增加对IPM最佳实践的采用至关重要。通过其教育和技术培训计划，我们认为“合作扩展”具有独特的优势，可以推动住宅DIY有害生物管理，而不再完全依赖农药施用，而是遵循IPM最佳做法。为了评估如何最好地鼓励增加IPM的采用，我们研究了个人用户对IPM行为的了解与采用IPM行为之间的关系。负责草坪和花园管理的个人居民的调查结果表明，如果对IPM最佳实践有很高的了解，则很可能会采用行为。但是，结果还显示，相当多的受访者对IPM几乎一无所知。为了弥补这一差距，我们认为有必要加强与IPM相关的教育，并为今后的研究提供建议。大量的受访者对IPM几乎一无所知。为了弥补这一差距，我们认为有必要加强与IPM相关的教育，并为今后的研究提供建议。大量的受访者对IPM几乎一无所知。为了弥补这一差距，我们认为有必要加强与IPM相关的教育，并为今后的研究提供建议。