Washington Pesticide Laws and Safety / Pest
Management Study Manuady Manual study set
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Clogged nozzles and What is a concern when handling an emulsifiable
screens concentrate pesticide
teratogenesis birth defects
Integrated Pest Pest control that involves the use of numerous tactics
Management
Eggs hatch into immature forms (called nymphs) that
Incomplete resemble adults and gradually increase in size; many
Metamorphosis eventually develop wings and sexual organs.
*Termites cockroaches earwigs*
eggs hatch into larvae (usually the feeding and
destructive stage), which go through pupal stage
before becoming adults. These adults look
Complete Metamorphosis
completely different from the other life stages, may
live in different habitats, and often do not feed. *Ants,
beetles, wasps and flies*
Conditions that may lead to or enhance an infestation
Conducive Conditions
of WDOs
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Physical Pest Control method of getting rid of insects and small rodents by
Method removing, attacking, or setting up barriers
method of managing pets by manipulating the
W
environment or implementing a preventive practice
method to destroy or eliminate pests that contains
w
chemicals unsafe for human consumption
Biological Pest Control method of controlling pests by using other organisms
Method
a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that pesters
Pest
or annoys
Pathogen disease causing organism
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
OPs Organophosphate Insecticides
IPM Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest the use of all available tactics or strategies to manage
Management pests
1. Identify the pest 2. define the management system
3. develop the pest management strategy
What are the 5 IPM steps
4. develop reliable monitoring techniques 5. Use
economic thresholds
Always present at populations above the economic
Severe Pests
injury threshold in the absence of control
Occasional or secondary can cause damage above economic injury levels only
pests at certain times
cause no apparent economic damage under normal
potential pests
circumstances
migratory pests may cause serious damage on a periodic basis
the level or density of a pest population where
Economic threshold control measures need to be applied to prevent the
pest from reaching the economic injury level
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devices that prevent the spread or reduce the
Mechanical controls infestation of pests, primarily insects and vertebrae
animals
include manipulation of water, humidity, or
Physical controls temperature; the use of electric shock, light, or other
radiant energy
involves the use of plants and animals that are
Genetic controls
resistant to attack by pests
bactericides to control bacteria
fungicides to control fungi
herbicides to control weeds, shrubs and trees
insecticides to control insects and insect relatives
miticides to control mites
molluscicides to control snails and slugs
nematicides to control nematodes
piscicides to control pest fish
rodenticides to control rodents
substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter
growth regulators
the growth or development of a plant or animal
substance added to pesticide formulations and tank
adjuvants
mixtures to increase safety and effectiveness
foliar or root-absorbed and then translocated within
systemic pesticides
the treated plant
contact toxins must make contact to be affective
FIFRA Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
WSDA Washington State Department of Agriculture
limit the development of pest populations by
Legal controls
restricting human activities
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a pesticide that can be purchased and used by the
general use pesticide
general public
a pesticide that can be purchased only by certified
restricted use pesticide pesticide applicators and used only by certified
applicators or persons directly under their supervision
SLN special local needs
Inert Ingredients Nonpesticidal
pesticide formulations mixtures of active and inert ingredients
Emulsifiers usually produce a milky-white emulsion
formulations with a water soluble active ingredient
Solutions
dissolved in one or more liquids
S Solutions
SP Soluble Powders
dry, powdered formulations containing from 25% to
Soluble Powders
80% active ingredient; does dissolve water
WP Wettable Powders
dry, finely ground formulations containing from 25% to
Wettable Powders
80% active ingredient; does not dissolve in water
F Flowables
finely ground solid particles combined with active
Flowables
ingredient and suspended in a liquid carrier
contain water-soluble pesticides dispersed in oil
Invert Emulsions
carriers
WDG Water-Dispersable Granules
Similar to wettable powders, except the active
Water-Dispersable
ingredient is in a granular form rather than a powder,
Granules
thus dustless
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