Idaho Pesticide Application 2025/2026
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Pest - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that
pesters or annoys
Pest Management Principle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pest management rather than
pest eradication.
Natural Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Measures that control or destroy pests
without dependence upon humans for continuous success. I.e. Climatic
factors, topographic factors, and naturally occurring predators.
, Applied controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Methods under the control of humans.
Used when pests cannot be controlled by natural controls. I.e. Mechanical,
physical, cultural, genetic, biological, legal, and chemical.
Mechanical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Subcategory of Applied controls. I.e
hand destruction, traps, screens, nets, fences.
Physical Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Subcategory of Applies Controls.
Manipulation of water, humidity, and temperature. Use of electric shock,
light, or radiant energy. Physical controls kill pests, disrupt their lifestyle or
making living unfavorable.
Cultural Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Applied Controls. Routine management
practices that prevent pests from developing. I.e. Rotating crops, tilling soil,
varying time of planting, destroying crop residue, pruning, thinning, and
fertilizing. Disrupt the pattern between the pest and host. Carried out as
normal operations.
Genetic Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Applied Controls. Involve plants &
animals resistant to pests. Breeding partnered with gene manipulation.
Biological Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Applied Controls. Introduction of
parasites/predators of pest species.
Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Pest - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that
pesters or annoys
Pest Management Principle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pest management rather than
pest eradication.
Natural Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Measures that control or destroy pests
without dependence upon humans for continuous success. I.e. Climatic
factors, topographic factors, and naturally occurring predators.
, Applied controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Methods under the control of humans.
Used when pests cannot be controlled by natural controls. I.e. Mechanical,
physical, cultural, genetic, biological, legal, and chemical.
Mechanical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Subcategory of Applied controls. I.e
hand destruction, traps, screens, nets, fences.
Physical Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Subcategory of Applies Controls.
Manipulation of water, humidity, and temperature. Use of electric shock,
light, or radiant energy. Physical controls kill pests, disrupt their lifestyle or
making living unfavorable.
Cultural Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Applied Controls. Routine management
practices that prevent pests from developing. I.e. Rotating crops, tilling soil,
varying time of planting, destroying crop residue, pruning, thinning, and
fertilizing. Disrupt the pattern between the pest and host. Carried out as
normal operations.
Genetic Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Applied Controls. Involve plants &
animals resistant to pests. Breeding partnered with gene manipulation.
Biological Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Applied Controls. Introduction of
parasites/predators of pest species.
