PCA Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
PCA Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Absolute sampling - Answer measure of the total pest population in a given area Acaricide insecticides - Answer a type of pesticide that attacks mites or ticks Aesthetic injury level - Answer The number of pests that cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control. Aestivation - Answer a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. Allomones - Answer chemical defenses found within insects to make them distasteful, damaging, or toxic to other animals Alternate row application - Answer this would mean that only every other row is sprayed, thus 50% of the orchard would be treated allowing for natural enemies to have a place for protection aphytis melinus controls - Answer CRS, san jaquin scale, other soft scales Apolysis - Answer Separation of old cuticle from epidermis assassin bugs control - Answer flies and caterpillars Augmentative biological control - Answer supplementing the numbers of naturally occurring biological control agents with the release of laboratory-reared of field collected natural enemies Avermectins - Answer Affects neurological systems band treatments - Answer applying herbicides as a band in tree or vineyard rows Big eyed bugs control - Answer mites, aphids, bollworms, and whiteflies Biotypes - Answer A group of organisms with the same genetic constitution that could be different from the same species in another area. Blood Feeding Mouthparts - Answer An elongated labium forms a protective sheath for the stylet that carries enzymes that when the insect carries blood up it does not clot
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