This chapter covers the history of integrated pest management (IPM); organizational structure of IPM; policy, research and extension in IPM; and successful IPM case studies (management of fruit flies, Plutella xylostella in crucifers, and Keiferia lycopersicella, Helicoverpa zea, H. virescens, Spodoptera exigua, Liriomyza sativae, Myzus persicae, Bemisia tabaci and B. argentifolii in tomato by biological, chemical and integrated control methods) in Mexico.
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