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Add to cartExplain the difference between key pests, occasional pests, and secondary pests.
Key pests are nearly always present and require regular control. Occasional pests are migratory or cyclical and require intermittent control. Secondary pests require control only under certain conditions, such as the elimination of a key pest or the absence of a natural host.
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What should you do first if you see damage to a plant, animal, or valuable product?
What should you do first if you discover a pest that may need to be controlled?
Make sure the pest is actually responsible for the damage, then accurately identify the pest.
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How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control strategy?
It allows you to determine basic information about the pest, including its life cycle and when it is most susceptible to control measures.
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Name the 5 basic pest groups.
Weeds, parasites and diseases, mollusks, arthropods, and vertebrates.
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Why do weeds present such a challenge to pest managers?
Weeds are often hardy, aggressive, and tolerant of harsh conditions. Many produce large numbers of seeds, which can spread over a wide area and remain dormant for a long time.
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How can you tell a monocot from a dicot?
Monocots (sedges and grasses) have one cotyledon, parallel leaf veins, flower parts in multiples of 3, and fibrous roots. Dicots have 2 cotyledons, broad leaves with netted veination, flower parts in multiples of 4 and 5, and usually have taproots.
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07-10-2024
Explain the difference between key pests, occasional pests, and secondary pests.
Key pests are nearly always present and require regular control. Occasional pests are migratory or cyclical and require intermittent control. Secondary pests require control only under certain conditions, such as the elimination of a key pest or the absence of a natural host.What should you do first if you see damage to a plant, animal, or valuable product?
Identify the cause.What should you do first if you discover a pest that may need to be controlled?
Make sure the pest is actually responsible for the damage, then accurately identify the pest.How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control strategy?
It allows you to determine basic information about the pest, including its life cycle and when it is most susceptible to control measures.Name the 5 basic pest groups.
Weeds, parasites and diseases, mollusks, arthropods, and vertebrates.Why do weeds present such a challenge to pest managers?
Weeds are often hardy, aggressive, and tolerant of harsh conditions. Many produce large numbers of seeds, which can spread over a wide area and remain dormant for a long time.How can you tell a monocot from a dicot?
Monocots (sedges and grasses) have one cotyledon, parallel leaf veins, flower parts in multiples of 3, and fibrous roots. Dicots have 2 cotyledons, broad leaves with netted veination, flower parts in multiples of 4 and 5, and usually have taproots.Name the pathogens that cause most plant and animal diseases.
Fungi, bacteria, mycoplasma, and viruses.What are the symptoms of viral plant diseases?
How do plant parasitic nematodes harm plants?
How do mollusks harm plants?
What are arthropods? How do they differ from vertebrates?
What is the difference between gradual and complete metamorphosis? Why is it important to know the life cycle stage of an insect?
What are beneficial insects? And why are they important to agriculture?
How do mites harm plants?
What is an economic threshold?
How are thresholds important to a sound pest control strategy?
What is monitoring and how is it important to a sound pest control strategy?
What is the difference between prevention, suppression, and eradication of a pest?
How could you prevent a pest infestation?
Briefly define IPM.
Give several reasons to use IPM rather than using only a pesticide.
Name at least 5 basic steps in an effective IPM program.
Name 5 IPM elements.
What is host resistance?
What is biological control?
What is cultural control?
Name at least 6 cultural practices used to manage pests.
What is sanitation?
What type of mechanical methods could you use to control weeds?
What is physical control and how can it be used to manage certain pests?
Name 5 important qualities to consider when choosing a pesticide.
What is the difference between selective and non-selective herbicides?
What is the difference between residual and non-residual pesticides?
Define pesticide resistance.
How can you slow down or limit pesticide resistance?
Explain the difference between the words label and labeling.
What is registration of a pesticide?
What is a tolerance?
When and why may a pesticide product be registered for a special local need (SLN)?
What is a federal Section 3 registration?
True or False: ALL pesticide products must be registered with the EPA. This agency reviews the labels of ALL pesticide products sold in the US.
Under what conditions may a pesticide be labeled minimum risk and thus be exempt from federal regulations? How do labels of minimum-risk Section 25(b) products differ from those that are EPA registered (Section 3)?
Are minimum risk products exempt from Virginias state registration requirements?
What are emergency (Section 18) exemptions?
What is a restricted use pesticide (RUP)?
What is the difference between the chemical name, common name, and trade name? Which is the most accurate to identify the active ingredient?
Name and explain the signal words you see on a pesticide label.
Explain the meaning of the statement: It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.
If you transfer a pesticide (concentrate or diluted) into another container, do you have to label the secondary container?
What is FIFRA?
When and why might you use an MSDS for a pesticide product?
What is a pesticide formulation?
What is the difference between active and inert ingredients?
What is the term used to describe a mixture formed by dispersing solid particles in a liquid?
What is the term used for a mixture made by suspending droplets of one liquid in another?
What is the difference between a solution and a suspension? How can you tell one from another?
What formulation is a concentrate that may approach 100% active ingredient (AI)?
What are aerosols?
What are invert emulsions?
Name at least one advantage and one disadvantage of dust (D) formulations.
Name at least one advantage and one disadvantage of granule (G) and pellet (P) formulations.
Name at least one advantage and one disadvantage of emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulations.
Name at least one advantage and one disadvantage of ready-to-use (RTU) formulations.