QS Study Guide Solutions
Reasons for Quarantines - ANSWER✔✔-Official confinement of 1) pests
not found in the US 2) Pests known to have caused previous pasts levels of
economic harm to Colorado or 3) Pests know to cause economic, natural, or
habitat damage to areas similar to Colorado, all of which can be introduced
by plants (dead or alive) plant parts, domestic animals, or other objects.
Inspections and quarantines - ANSWER✔✔-Restrict movement of
plants/soil from areas that have pest to areas that do not have pest.
FIFRA - ANSWER✔✔-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act:
Requires pesticide registration, modified by the Food Quality Protection
Act. Makes provision of civil and criminal penalties for misuse by
commercial applications.
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,EPA Classifications of Pesticides - ANSWER✔✔-1) Restricted Use (RUP) -
sold to person with license specific to category 2) General Use (GUP) - sold
to anyone
Label - ANSWER✔✔-Printed graphic that comes with the
container/equipment that is a legal document.
Labeling - ANSWER✔✔-Referenced on container label or supplements it.
Illegal to use pesticide in any way other than what is referenced on the
label.
Hand Label Requirements - ANSWER✔✔-1) Name of Product 2) EPA
registration number 3) Signal word of products 4) Who is responsible
(company)
Supplemental Label - ANSWER✔✔-Includes information you receive from
the manufacturer about use of the product, including special local needs.
Must have a copy on you at all times.
Service Container - ANSWER✔✔-A pesticide in anything other than the
original container
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, Recordkeeping Requirments - ANSWER✔✔-1) Name and address of
whom the application was made 2) Location of the pesticide application 3)
Target pests 4) Site, crop, commodity, or structure treated 5) Specific
pesticide applied 6) Dilution rate 7) Application rate 8) Carrier (if other
than water 9) Date and time of application 10) Name of person who made
the application
Dilution Rate - ANSWER✔✔-(Volume of pesticide) / (Volume of carrier)
Application Rate - ANSWER✔✔-(Total gallons or pounds of tank mix) /
(unit of area or volume)
Plant Protection Act (PPA) - ANSWER✔✔-2000, replaced Federal Noxious
Weed Act of 1975. Allows USDA to designate non-native weeds as noxious
and to prevent entry of these weeds into the U.S. Can declarer emergencies
to transfer money from other agencies of the USDA to cover cost of
eradicating said weed.
Weed - ANSWER✔✔-Any Unwanted Plant
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