Herbicide Applicator Study Guide 2023

Pest - ANSWER-any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease, etc. injurious to injurious to the health of humans animals plants or the environment Goal of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANSWER-Approach to plant protection that is recommended for efficient pest control with MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Goals to achieve - Keep pest below economic and aesthetic injury level - avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment elimination of all pests is NOT the goal. Economic Injury level - ANSWER-breakeven point at which - cost of pest equals revenue loss caused by pest - (damage house your trying to sell) Economic/Action threshold - ANSWER-the number of pests per plant or amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin If control applied, the pest population should not reach economic injury level How much pest damage can be tolerated take action before reaching this Aesthetic injury level - ANSWER-The number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control Based on appearance What is acceptable at the FPCC might not be the same at the Chicago Botanic Garden Past identification before treatment - ANSWER-Key to sucessful IPM program is scouting Essential first step of IPM program Regular monitoring of pest population and plant conditions - properly identifying of pest is essential PIROR to treatment -properly diagnose disease symptoms in order to effectively treat