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Abstract
We surveyed 94 greenhouse and nursery growers in three Northeastern states to examine
factors that influence integrated pest management adoption. We constructed four alternative
dependent variables describing the extent of IPM adoption, and employ Logit, Ordered Logit
and Tobit models to identify factors affecting IPM adoption. We find that IPM adoption is
more likely to occur on large farms that hire more full-time workers, and have more
diversified crops. Greenhouse and nursery operations that face disease problems are less
likely to adopt IPM, and availability of biological control agents limits IPM adoption. Our
analysis also highlights differences between the self-reported and more objective IPM
measures.