March 2000, Issue no. 75 ISSN: 1523-7893 © Copyright 2005 # is not eco-logically based; # but is pesticide based; and, # is not interdisciplinary. The authors discuss and present information to broadly refute each NRC rebuke, while concuring that there are needs for increased cross-discipline activity (less solo entomology, more interaction with and between both plant pathology and weed science) as well as greater emphasis on, and implementation of, IPM's ecological foundations. IPMnet NEWS