IL Pesticide Applicator General Standards Exam Solved 100% Correct

integrated pest management - ANSWER-IPM. plant protection recommended for efficient pest control with minimal environmental impact IPM goals - ANSWER-to keep pest populations below the economic injury in production crops and below the aesthetic injury level in non-crop and ornamental plants and... to avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment and... to OPTIMIZE not MAXIMIZE pest control aesthetic - ANSWER-desirable "look", beauty non-IPM goal - ANSWER-the elimination of ALL pests economic threshold - ANSWER-the number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which CONTROL MEASURES should be taken economic injury level - ANSWER-the BREAK-EVEN point at which the cost of pest control equals the REVENUE LOSS caused by a pest aesthetic injury level - ANSWER-enough DAMAGE to plant to warrant the cost of control cultural control - ANSWER-improves crop health in order to make the crop better able to compete against pests. examples: mulches-to control weeds, smother crops-to control weeds growing in oats, grass or ground cover, crop rotation, selecting resistant plants resistant varieties - ANSWER-the most efficient method of disease control in most plantings mechanical control - ANSWER-physical elimination of the pest. examples: hand pulling hoeing, rotary hoeing, cultivating, mowing, pruning, screening and sheet metal to keep rodents and birds away biological control - ANSWER-the use of living organisms to reduce pest populations to economically acceptable levels. examples: insects, diseases, or parasitic plants can be used as control agents to reduce weed competitiveness preventive control - ANSWER-helps prevent the spread and entry of pests. examples: quarantines, inspections, regulations