Although integrated pest management (IPM) practices have been shown to be socially and
economically beneficial to those who implement them, lower than expected rates of adoption
have been found Personality (or cognitive) variables related to implementation of specific IPM
practices by farmers were studied for the purpose of using personality attributes as predictors
of adoption. Specific personality variables were reasonably powerful in predicting adoption and
nonadoption. Implications for the diffusion and adoption of agricultural practices are discussed.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Antle, J. M., & Park, S. K. (1986). The economics of IPM in processing tomatoes. California Agriculture, 40(3), 31-32.
2.
Bottrell, D. (1979). Integrated pest management. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
3.
Carson, R. (1962). Silent spring . Boston: Houghton-Mifilin.
4.
Corbet, P. S. (1981). Non-entomological impediments to the adoption of integrated pest management. Protection Ecology, 3, 458-466.
5.
Grieshop, J. I., Zalom, F. G., & Miyao, G. ( 1988). Adoption and diffusion of integrated pest management innovations in agriculture. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America, 34(2), 72-78.
6.
Lambur, M. T., Whalon, M. E., & Fear, F. (1985 ). Diffusion theory and integrated pest management: Illustrations from the Michigan fruit IPM program. Bulletin of the ESA, 31, 40-45.
7.
Rajotte, E. G., Kazmierczak, R. E., Jr., & Lambur, M. T. (1986). The national evaluation of Extension's integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Blacksburg: Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, Virginia Tech.
8.
Rogers, E. M. (1983). Diffusion of innovation. New York: Free Press .
9.
Smith, R. F., & Hagen, K. S. (1959). Impact of commercial insecticide treatments. Hilgardia, 24(2), 131-154.
10.
Smith, R. F., & van den Bosch, R. (1967). Integrated control. In W. W. Kilgore & R. L. Doutt (Eds.), Pest control—Biological, physical, and selected chemical methods (pp. 295-340). New York: Academic Press.
11.
Stem, V M., Smith, R. F. , van den Bosch, R., & Hagen, K. S. (1959). The integrated control concept. Hilgardia, 29, 81-97.
12.
Stoner, K. A., Sawyer, A. J., & Shelton, A. M. ( 1986). Constraints to the implementation of IPM programs in the U.S.AAgriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 17, 253-268.
13.
Wearing, C. H. (1988). Evaluation of the IPM implementation process. Annual Review of Entomology , 33, 17-38.
14.
Zalom, F. G., Wilson, L. T., & Hoffman, M. P. ( 1985). Impact of feeding by the tomato fruitworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie), and the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hubner), on processing tomato quality. Journal of Economic Entomology, 79, 822-826.
15.
Zalom, F. G., Wilson, L. T., Hoffman, M. P., Lange, W. H., & Weakley, C. V (1983). A sampling plan for monitoring fruit damaged by lepidopterous pests in processing tomatoes. California Agriculture, 37(4), 25-26.
