QAL "B" License-Landscape
Maintenance Pest Control
Chpt 1 fully solved &
updated(100% accuracy)
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: - answer
water, nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty
Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) - answer insects,
mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
Pests that are vertebrates: - answer rodents that make burrows,
mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves
Four main groups of landscape pests: - answer Weeds,
invertebrates, vertebrates, plant pathogens
Weeds are classified as: - answer undesirable plants
Invertebrate pests are: - answer insects, spiders, mites, nematodes,
snails, slugs
Vertebrate pests are: - answer rodents, other mammals, birds
Plant pathogens are: - answer bacteria, viruses, fungi, other
microorganisms
, Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) - answer many seeds (dormant for
up to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
Two main classifications of weeds: - answer dicots & monocots
Definition of Dicot: - answer Broadleaves, produces two seedling
leaves (cotyledons)
Parasitic Dicots: (2) - answer Mistletoe and dodder
Invertebrates are: - answer animals without backbones
Arthropods: - answer "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed
body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives)
Biotic Disease Factors: - answer Pathogens that are spread form one
host to another.
Three landscape biotic pathogens: - answer bacteria, fungi, &
viruses
Fungi characteristics: - answer Can live off both living and dead
plant tissue
Fungi vegetative body is called: - answer Mycelium
Major form of fungal reproduction: - answer Spores
Symptoms of Fungi disease: (6) - answer Powdery mildew, downy
mildew, root & stem rot, sooty mold, slime molds
Maintenance Pest Control
Chpt 1 fully solved &
updated(100% accuracy)
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: - answer
water, nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty
Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) - answer insects,
mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
Pests that are vertebrates: - answer rodents that make burrows,
mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves
Four main groups of landscape pests: - answer Weeds,
invertebrates, vertebrates, plant pathogens
Weeds are classified as: - answer undesirable plants
Invertebrate pests are: - answer insects, spiders, mites, nematodes,
snails, slugs
Vertebrate pests are: - answer rodents, other mammals, birds
Plant pathogens are: - answer bacteria, viruses, fungi, other
microorganisms
, Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) - answer many seeds (dormant for
up to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
Two main classifications of weeds: - answer dicots & monocots
Definition of Dicot: - answer Broadleaves, produces two seedling
leaves (cotyledons)
Parasitic Dicots: (2) - answer Mistletoe and dodder
Invertebrates are: - answer animals without backbones
Arthropods: - answer "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed
body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives)
Biotic Disease Factors: - answer Pathogens that are spread form one
host to another.
Three landscape biotic pathogens: - answer bacteria, fungi, &
viruses
Fungi characteristics: - answer Can live off both living and dead
plant tissue
Fungi vegetative body is called: - answer Mycelium
Major form of fungal reproduction: - answer Spores
Symptoms of Fungi disease: (6) - answer Powdery mildew, downy
mildew, root & stem rot, sooty mold, slime molds
