Which statement about IPM is true?

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Integrated Pest Management slows the development of pesticide resistance by spreading the control burden across multiple strategies instead of relying on one chemical all the time. By combining cultural, biological, mechanical, regulatory, and chemical tools, and by monitoring pest levels and applying treatments only when thresholds are exceeded, you reduce the constant selection pressure that favors resistant pests. Rotating modes of action and using targeted, judicious pesticide applications means fewer pests survive and pass on any resistant traits. IPM aims to keep pest populations under economic thresholds with the least harm to the environment, rather than depending solely on chemicals. It does not replace pesticides completely or ignore environmental health, and it does not rely exclusively on chemical controls.