PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and Turf | 72 Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest management? - 1.) PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using certified seed, providing good growing conditions, and making a good match between the plant and the site) 2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the problem: (Finding out whether the damage to a particular plant is caused by a pest or by an environmental condition such as freezing or drought and always determine the exact pest that you are dealing with) 3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and tolerate some damage: (Deciding how many pests and how much damage to tolerate) 4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first choice What should you do in an IPM program? - Produce healthy plants that can resist pests What is Phytotoxicity? - A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms? - Pitfall traps What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ? - A common bacterium that kills many types of caterpillars When should you apply an insecticide? - When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage What is the Milky spore disease? - A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles What do you do to control fire ants? - Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound treatments Sod webworms... - Spin silk webbing near the soil in turfAn insecticide applied to control white grubs... - Should be watered in to reach the soil Mole crickets... - Have only one generation per year What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that insect pests undergo? - 1.) Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of insects that undergo this look like small versions of the adult 2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of development among turf grass pests): The young stages of insects that undergo this look very different from the adults before before they become pupae and change into adults How do Chinch bugs damage turf? - They feed in clusters and damage first appears as circular patches of yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large infestations of the southern chinch bug may completely kill St. Augustine lawns. What are 4 pests that might cause root damage to turf? - 1.) Japanese beetle 2.) Mole cricket 3.) Masked chafer 4.) Green june beetle How does frequent mowing impact fire ants? - Frequent mowing is a control method that golf course managers use to force red imported fire ant colonies to less disturbed areas. The more times areas are mowed, the less time fire ants have to establish colonies