Georgia Category 24 Pesticide Control Questions
and Correct answers
What is the major advantage of systemic fungicides for management of turf diseases?
They translocated to protect newly formed tissue
To reduce gray leaf spot in St. Augustine grass
irrigate early in the morning to give the turf time to dry out completely before evening
Which of the following cultural practices increases the risk of several turf diseases?
excessive air movement
Before installing a new plant in the landscape, you should check
All of the above
What is NOT a good way to work with poorly drained planting sites
add extra fertilizer
It is the best to plant woody shrubs and trees
in the fall
When planting container-grown and balled and burlapped plants
keep the potting mix they are growing in moist
Plants with fibrous root systems near the surface of the ground
should be fertilized sparingly
When pruning large branches
make three cuts to avoid tearing the bark
, Horticultural oils are especially useful for control of which pest?
Mites, aphids, and armored scales
How many generations do Japanese beetles have each year?
One
When is the best time to use insecticides against soft scale insects
During the crawler stage
Which of the following is a piercing-sucking insect?
Aphid
What is the difference between the webs of eastern tent caterpillar and fall
webworms
The eastern tent caterpillar makes webs in a tree crotch; the fall webworms makes webs
over leaves at the ends of branches
Mulches
smother new weed seedlings by keeping out of light
Preemergence herbicides
persist in the soil for 2 months or more
Postemergence herbicides
control most plants after they emerge
Which of these weeds will sprout from rhizomes
bermudagrass
Which of these weeds is a summer annual grass
and Correct answers
What is the major advantage of systemic fungicides for management of turf diseases?
They translocated to protect newly formed tissue
To reduce gray leaf spot in St. Augustine grass
irrigate early in the morning to give the turf time to dry out completely before evening
Which of the following cultural practices increases the risk of several turf diseases?
excessive air movement
Before installing a new plant in the landscape, you should check
All of the above
What is NOT a good way to work with poorly drained planting sites
add extra fertilizer
It is the best to plant woody shrubs and trees
in the fall
When planting container-grown and balled and burlapped plants
keep the potting mix they are growing in moist
Plants with fibrous root systems near the surface of the ground
should be fertilized sparingly
When pruning large branches
make three cuts to avoid tearing the bark
, Horticultural oils are especially useful for control of which pest?
Mites, aphids, and armored scales
How many generations do Japanese beetles have each year?
One
When is the best time to use insecticides against soft scale insects
During the crawler stage
Which of the following is a piercing-sucking insect?
Aphid
What is the difference between the webs of eastern tent caterpillar and fall
webworms
The eastern tent caterpillar makes webs in a tree crotch; the fall webworms makes webs
over leaves at the ends of branches
Mulches
smother new weed seedlings by keeping out of light
Preemergence herbicides
persist in the soil for 2 months or more
Postemergence herbicides
control most plants after they emerge
Which of these weeds will sprout from rhizomes
bermudagrass
Which of these weeds is a summer annual grass
