Maine Pesticide Education Manual -
Core
A principal subject surrounding the use of insecticides is the improvement of resistance (T/F) -
ANS-True
All insects are pests (T/F) - ANS-False
All mites located on flowers are plant pests (T/F) - ANS-False
All pesticides kill most effective the target pest (T/F) - ANS-False
An aphid is what type of insect feeder?
A. Defoliator
B. Subterranean feeder
C. Structural pest
D. Plant sucking pest
E. Stem borer - ANS-D
As the price of manipulate will increase, spray programs grow to be appropriate at lower tiers of
harm. (T/F) - ANS-False
Biennial and perennial weeds will commonly recover following remedy by means of which kind
of herbicide?
A. Foliage-contact-nonselective
B. Foliage-translocated-nonselective
C. Soil-short residual-nonselective
D. Soil-lengthy residual-nonselective
E. Soil-lengthy residual-selective - ANS-A
Chemical control of weeds germinating from seed is most effective
A. In the seedling stage
B. After 6 inches of topgrowth is produced
C. After 12 inches of topgrowth is produced
D. During flowering
E. Once weeds are mature - ANS-A
, Contact insecticides are translocated inside vegetation and animals (T/F) - ANS-False
For effective manipulate, it is not vital to recognise a pest's existence cycle (T/F) - ANS-False
Gypsy moth, cabbage computer virus, Colorado potato beetle, and the Mexican bean beetle are
examples of
A. Internal feeders
B. Plant sucking pests
C. Stalk borers
D. Defoliators
E. Subterranean feeders - ANS-D
Honeydew is a fungus that covers the leaves of aphid infested plants (T/F) - ANS-False
If the damage level or insect pest numbers are underneath the monetary threshold, manipulate
measures are usually no longer warranted (T/F) - ANS-True
Monitoring weather conditions may be extraordinarily useful in predicting a scourge of certain
insects and illnesses (T/F) - ANS-True
One of the earliest uses of chemical substances as pesticides become the burning of sulfur
(T/F) - ANS-True
Persistence in the environment is usually a suitable pesticide function (T/F) - ANS-False
Photosynthetic-inhibiting herbicides prevent treated plants from using sunlight (T/F) - ANS-True
Repeated use of the identical compound for lengthy intervals will assist to prevent the
improvement of insecticide-resistant pest populations (T/F) - ANS-False
Rotating plants from 12 months to yr has no effect on decreasing weed populations due to the
fact all weeds grow similarly nicely in all vegetation (T/F) - ANS-False
Symptoms of plant harm as a result of sucking pests can include wilt, dead areas, and ?. -
ANS-Stunting or Curling
The satisfactory times to treat installed perennial weeds are in the early fall or spring (T/F) -
ANS-True
The body of an adult insect has 3 regions- the top, the thorax, and abdomen (T/F) - ANS-True
Core
A principal subject surrounding the use of insecticides is the improvement of resistance (T/F) -
ANS-True
All insects are pests (T/F) - ANS-False
All mites located on flowers are plant pests (T/F) - ANS-False
All pesticides kill most effective the target pest (T/F) - ANS-False
An aphid is what type of insect feeder?
A. Defoliator
B. Subterranean feeder
C. Structural pest
D. Plant sucking pest
E. Stem borer - ANS-D
As the price of manipulate will increase, spray programs grow to be appropriate at lower tiers of
harm. (T/F) - ANS-False
Biennial and perennial weeds will commonly recover following remedy by means of which kind
of herbicide?
A. Foliage-contact-nonselective
B. Foliage-translocated-nonselective
C. Soil-short residual-nonselective
D. Soil-lengthy residual-nonselective
E. Soil-lengthy residual-selective - ANS-A
Chemical control of weeds germinating from seed is most effective
A. In the seedling stage
B. After 6 inches of topgrowth is produced
C. After 12 inches of topgrowth is produced
D. During flowering
E. Once weeds are mature - ANS-A
, Contact insecticides are translocated inside vegetation and animals (T/F) - ANS-False
For effective manipulate, it is not vital to recognise a pest's existence cycle (T/F) - ANS-False
Gypsy moth, cabbage computer virus, Colorado potato beetle, and the Mexican bean beetle are
examples of
A. Internal feeders
B. Plant sucking pests
C. Stalk borers
D. Defoliators
E. Subterranean feeders - ANS-D
Honeydew is a fungus that covers the leaves of aphid infested plants (T/F) - ANS-False
If the damage level or insect pest numbers are underneath the monetary threshold, manipulate
measures are usually no longer warranted (T/F) - ANS-True
Monitoring weather conditions may be extraordinarily useful in predicting a scourge of certain
insects and illnesses (T/F) - ANS-True
One of the earliest uses of chemical substances as pesticides become the burning of sulfur
(T/F) - ANS-True
Persistence in the environment is usually a suitable pesticide function (T/F) - ANS-False
Photosynthetic-inhibiting herbicides prevent treated plants from using sunlight (T/F) - ANS-True
Repeated use of the identical compound for lengthy intervals will assist to prevent the
improvement of insecticide-resistant pest populations (T/F) - ANS-False
Rotating plants from 12 months to yr has no effect on decreasing weed populations due to the
fact all weeds grow similarly nicely in all vegetation (T/F) - ANS-False
Symptoms of plant harm as a result of sucking pests can include wilt, dead areas, and ?. -
ANS-Stunting or Curling
The satisfactory times to treat installed perennial weeds are in the early fall or spring (T/F) -
ANS-True
The body of an adult insect has 3 regions- the top, the thorax, and abdomen (T/F) - ANS-True
