3A TURFGRASS PEST MANAGEMENT EXAM
LATEST 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWER|AGRADE
Terms in this set (161)
Four principles for this are: Managing turfgrass pests
1. Produce healthy plants
that resist pests.
2. Identify what is
damaging the plant.
3. Expect some pests and
tolerate some damage.
4. Use pesticides as a last
resort.
1. Detect the pest
2. Identify the pest
3. Determine the amount of damage and whether it is
What are the five turfgrass
below or above tolerance threshold
IPM steps?
4. Select and use a management tactic
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy and keep
records.
Visual inspection, coffee Monitoring techniques
can technique, white
paper test, root sampling,
disclosing solutions, pitfall
traps, and pheromone-
bait traps are examples of
what?
,Why is it better to keep Both plant growth and pest development depend on
track of degree day the amount of heat that surrounds an organism.
accumulations instead of
calendar days?
An organism shouldn't be Pest
classified and treated as
this until it is proven to be
one. Most species of
insects, fungi, nematodes
and bacteria are either
harmless or beneficial to
turf.
Many of these are directly Turfgrass disorder
associated with a specific
species or cultivar (variety)
of grass. Knowing the
cultivar growing in a
particular area may help
you diagnose the
problem.
This is defined as the Economic injury level (EIL)
density of pests at which
damage to the turf will
occur.
This is the pest density at Action threshold
which action must be
taken to prevent the pest
from reaching the
economic injury level.
, What are: Factors affecting turfgrass injury level
1. Client's tolerance of pest
damage
2. Visibility or use of the
turn stand
3. Level of maintenance
4. Health and vigor of the
turf stand
5. The degree of risk from
the pest injury to the plant
host
6. Expected pest
reduction by natural
controls
What are the two types of immediate, short-term suppression and long-term
pest management tactics? maintenance
Some species or cultivars Endophytic fungi
of grasses are resistant to
damaging pests because
of these that live inside
grass plants. These
produce chemicals in the
plant that provide
resistance to some pests.
This control type includes Cultural control
raking, thatch removal and
aeration. Routing
maintenance practices
such as moving, fertilizing
and irrigating are
important.
LATEST 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWER|AGRADE
Terms in this set (161)
Four principles for this are: Managing turfgrass pests
1. Produce healthy plants
that resist pests.
2. Identify what is
damaging the plant.
3. Expect some pests and
tolerate some damage.
4. Use pesticides as a last
resort.
1. Detect the pest
2. Identify the pest
3. Determine the amount of damage and whether it is
What are the five turfgrass
below or above tolerance threshold
IPM steps?
4. Select and use a management tactic
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy and keep
records.
Visual inspection, coffee Monitoring techniques
can technique, white
paper test, root sampling,
disclosing solutions, pitfall
traps, and pheromone-
bait traps are examples of
what?
,Why is it better to keep Both plant growth and pest development depend on
track of degree day the amount of heat that surrounds an organism.
accumulations instead of
calendar days?
An organism shouldn't be Pest
classified and treated as
this until it is proven to be
one. Most species of
insects, fungi, nematodes
and bacteria are either
harmless or beneficial to
turf.
Many of these are directly Turfgrass disorder
associated with a specific
species or cultivar (variety)
of grass. Knowing the
cultivar growing in a
particular area may help
you diagnose the
problem.
This is defined as the Economic injury level (EIL)
density of pests at which
damage to the turf will
occur.
This is the pest density at Action threshold
which action must be
taken to prevent the pest
from reaching the
economic injury level.
, What are: Factors affecting turfgrass injury level
1. Client's tolerance of pest
damage
2. Visibility or use of the
turn stand
3. Level of maintenance
4. Health and vigor of the
turf stand
5. The degree of risk from
the pest injury to the plant
host
6. Expected pest
reduction by natural
controls
What are the two types of immediate, short-term suppression and long-term
pest management tactics? maintenance
Some species or cultivars Endophytic fungi
of grasses are resistant to
damaging pests because
of these that live inside
grass plants. These
produce chemicals in the
plant that provide
resistance to some pests.
This control type includes Cultural control
raking, thatch removal and
aeration. Routing
maintenance practices
such as moving, fertilizing
and irrigating are
important.
