Georgia Pesticide Exam- Category 24 | Questions
and Correct answers
pesticides in the soil - ✔✔Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi
Goal of IPM program (Integrated Pest Management) - ✔✔to produce healthy plants
that can resist pests
hand lens for insect identification - ✔✔5 power to 10 power
cultural practice for turgrass - ✔✔proper cultivar selected, proper site prep, mowing,
thatch removal, correct watering and fertilization
Fescue and Kentucky bluegrass - ✔✔cool season grass
Bermudagrass, Centipedegrass, Zoysiagrass, Bahiagrass - ✔✔warm season grasses
perennial ryegrass used for - ✔✔overseeding warm season grass for winter color
Piedmont region - ✔✔transitional zone (in Southeast) where both warm and cool
season grasses are used
Mountains - ✔✔southeast geographical region where cool season grasses do well
Cultivars - ✔✔genetically different groups within a species
, proper mowing height - ✔✔removes no more than 1/3 of the grass blade
thatch - ✔✔the layer of living and dead plant stems, leaves and roots that develops
between the soil surface and green vegetation
thatch layer - ✔✔should not be more than 1/2 inch thick
aeration - ✔✔reduces soil compaction by allowing air and water to reach the roots
proper mowing means - ✔✔using sharp blades to make a clean cut
cool season cultivars - ✔✔Can be mixed to minimize disease
cutworms (black and bronze) - ✔✔Larvae of several species of moths that hide in the
soil or in aeration holes during the day and emerge to feed and cause damage to turf at
night
armyworm - ✔✔striped caterpillars that feed on turf, sometimes in groups that
"mow" the turf; continuous generations -- development merely slows down in winter
hunting billbug (zoysia billbug) - ✔✔their grubs bore into stems of grasses, leaving
hollow stems and sawdust-like waste. Grubs have a brown head and are legless.
cutworm larva - ✔✔1 to 1.25" long
Hairy Chinch Bug - ✔✔discolors turf by sucking juices out of leaves and stems;
associated with cool season grasses
and Correct answers
pesticides in the soil - ✔✔Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi
Goal of IPM program (Integrated Pest Management) - ✔✔to produce healthy plants
that can resist pests
hand lens for insect identification - ✔✔5 power to 10 power
cultural practice for turgrass - ✔✔proper cultivar selected, proper site prep, mowing,
thatch removal, correct watering and fertilization
Fescue and Kentucky bluegrass - ✔✔cool season grass
Bermudagrass, Centipedegrass, Zoysiagrass, Bahiagrass - ✔✔warm season grasses
perennial ryegrass used for - ✔✔overseeding warm season grass for winter color
Piedmont region - ✔✔transitional zone (in Southeast) where both warm and cool
season grasses are used
Mountains - ✔✔southeast geographical region where cool season grasses do well
Cultivars - ✔✔genetically different groups within a species
, proper mowing height - ✔✔removes no more than 1/3 of the grass blade
thatch - ✔✔the layer of living and dead plant stems, leaves and roots that develops
between the soil surface and green vegetation
thatch layer - ✔✔should not be more than 1/2 inch thick
aeration - ✔✔reduces soil compaction by allowing air and water to reach the roots
proper mowing means - ✔✔using sharp blades to make a clean cut
cool season cultivars - ✔✔Can be mixed to minimize disease
cutworms (black and bronze) - ✔✔Larvae of several species of moths that hide in the
soil or in aeration holes during the day and emerge to feed and cause damage to turf at
night
armyworm - ✔✔striped caterpillars that feed on turf, sometimes in groups that
"mow" the turf; continuous generations -- development merely slows down in winter
hunting billbug (zoysia billbug) - ✔✔their grubs bore into stems of grasses, leaving
hollow stems and sawdust-like waste. Grubs have a brown head and are legless.
cutworm larva - ✔✔1 to 1.25" long
Hairy Chinch Bug - ✔✔discolors turf by sucking juices out of leaves and stems;
associated with cool season grasses
