Ornamental and Turf-grass Pest Management 3OT exam questions with correct solutions

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3OT exam questions with correct solutions
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Timing of Pesticide Applications - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Can be
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improved by making applications when the pest is susceptible to
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an application based on its biology, exposure, or climatic
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conditions


Age of insects - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The younger the insect
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stage the more susceptible it is to chemical control
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How to manage instar caterpillars. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔First
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of second ones can be managed with a biological spray, full
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grown larva are unaffected by the spray.
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Weed application. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Generally herbicides
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are most effective when the weeds are actively growing.
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When to control annual weeds? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Easiest
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to control in the early spring while they are still small.
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When to control biennial weeds? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Should
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be treated in the fall or early spring when in the rosette stage.
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,When to control Perennial weeds? (Dandelion, white clover) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Can be controlled with a herbicide
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application made in the early bloom stage or in the fall.
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pesticide resistance - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The ability of a pest
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species that was once effectively controlled by pesticide is now
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no longer effective.
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inherited trait - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A characteristic that is
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passed from parent to offspring.
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Integrated pest management - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔applies to
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ornamental crops such as turf-grass, herbaceous annuals and
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perennials, trees, and shrubs. |\ |\ |\




IPM stands for. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Integrated Pest
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Management


IPM provides. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔complete management
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program that is the most effective solution to pests such as
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insects, plant pathogens, weeds, and vertebrates.
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pesticide definition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is any material used
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to kill, attract, repel, regulate, or interrupt growth and mating
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pests or to regulate plant growth
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,Pesticides used for IPM - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fungicides,
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growth regulators, herbicides, insecticides, miticides,
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molluscicides, repellents, and rodenticides. |\ |\ |\




Contact pesticide must. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Must physically
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touch the pest organism or be sprayed on the site the pest
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frequents to exert an action. |\ |\ |\ |\




Contact fungicides are called. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Protective
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or preventive fungicides, this is because they provide a
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protective barrier that prevents fungus from entering plant
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tissues.


Systemic pesticide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Enters the plant via
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roots or above ground plant tissues and is moved inside the
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plant.


Systemic pesticides are sometimes called. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔curative pesticide because the chemical penetrates the plant
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and stops the disease after the infection has started or after the
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first symptoms.
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Non-selective pesticides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔exert their |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


action on a wide variety of pests
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Selective pesticides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Will control only
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certain types or stages of pests while leaving non-target
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organisms unaffected |\

, Pre-emergence herbicides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are applied to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


prior to weed seed germination
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Post-emergence Herbicides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are applied |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


to weeds that are actively growing. They work best in bright
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sunlight.


Rotating pesticides strategy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Using
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different modes of action or different sites is a workable
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management system that delays the onset of resistance. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Where to find the mode of action of site on the product? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔By looking at the numeric code (group |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


number) at the top of the product label. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Non-Target plants - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The plants that are |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


not intended to be sprayed during a pesticide application
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Drift - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔spray, vapor, and particle of
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pesticides can move the product from the site of the application
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to a non-target area.
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Posting and Notification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Notification
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signs must be posted at the start of an application to a treatment
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site.
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-For residential turf-grass applications, two signs must be posted.
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