Illinois General Standards Pesticide Exam 2026
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, Pest any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or
the environment
Goal of IPM keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury
level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife,
environment
economic injury level breakeven point at which cost of pest control
equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level number of pests per plant or amount of damage to
plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level number of pests that might cause enough damage
to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of
control - might vary
key to successful IPM monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control improve crop health
mechanical control physical pest elimination
biological control living organisms reduce pests
chemical control chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest
resistance
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defoamer, water conditioner
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1 utility adjuvant 2 Pest
3 insects 4 aesthetic injury level
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Terms in this set (122)
, Pest any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or
the environment
Goal of IPM keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury
level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife,
environment
economic injury level breakeven point at which cost of pest control
equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level number of pests per plant or amount of damage to
plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level number of pests that might cause enough damage
to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of
control - might vary
key to successful IPM monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control improve crop health
mechanical control physical pest elimination
biological control living organisms reduce pests
chemical control chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest
resistance
