IL Pesticide Applicator General Standards with Correct Solutions 2024

IL Pesticide Applicator General Standards with Correct Solutions 2024 integrated pest management - Answer -IPM. plant protection recommended for efficient pest control with minimal environmental impact IPM goals - Answer -to keep pest populations below the economic injury in production crops and below the aesthetic injury level in non-crop and ornamental plants and... to avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment and... to OPTIMIZE not MAXIMIZE pest control aesthetic - Answer -desirable "look", beauty non-IPM goal - Answer -the elimination of ALL pests economic threshold - Answer -the number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which CONTROL MEASURES should be taken economic injury level - Answer -the BREAK-EVEN point at which the cost of pest control equals the REVENUE LOSS caused by a pest aesthetic injury level - Answer -enough DAMAGE to plant to warrant the cost of control cultural control - Answer -improves crop health in order to make the crop better able to compete against pests. examples: mulches-to control weeds, smother crops-to control weeds growing in oats, grass or ground cover, crop rotation, selecting resistant plants resistant varieties - Answer -the most efficient method of disease control in most plantings mechanical control - Answer -physical elimination of the pest. examples: hand pulling hoeing, rotary hoeing, cultivating, mowing, pruning, screening and sheet metal to keep rodents and birds away biological control - Answer -the use of living organisms to reduce pest populations to economically acceptable levels. examples: insects, diseases, or parasitic plants can be used as control agents to reduce weed competitivenesspreventive control - Answer -helps prevent the spread and entry of pests. examples: quarantines, inspections, regulations enforced chemical control - Answer -an integral part of an IPM program. Pesticides offer an economical and dependable method of pest control. pesticide failure - Answer -. applying the wrong type of pesticide . applying the pesticide at the wrong time . failure to apply pesticide at the right location of the infested part of the plant . applying a pesticide to a resistant pest insect identification - Answer -adults have 3 pairs of jointed