Illinois Pesticide Applicator General Standards Rated A+

Illinois Pesticide Applicator General Standards Rated A+ IPM Integrated Pest Management; Goals are provide economical pest control/protect the environment Not The Goal Of IPM Elimination of all pests Economic threshold/action threshold Number of pests per plant of amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin economic injury level breakeven point which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by pest aesthetic injury level number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control scouting key to a successful IPM program cultural control improves plant health so that plants are able to compete better against pests; soil preparation, fertility, proper planting, plant selection, crop rotation mechanical control physically eliminates the weed; hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking biological control uses living organisms to reduce pest populations; predators, parasites, pest disease preventative control helps prevent entry and spread of pests; quarantines inspections, certified seed, cleaning equipment chemical control herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, repellents, fumigants insect head contains sensory organs, mouth parts and brain insect thorax provides locomotion, legs and wings insect abdomen digestive, excretory, circulatory, respiratory, and reproductive organs prolegs additional legs; caterpillars/sawfly larvae incomplete development/simple metamorphosis egg, nymph, adult; stink bug, grasshopper, leafhopper complete development egg, larva, pupa, adult; Japanese beetle, honey bee, mosquito noninfectious diseases result of unfavorable growing conditions; cannot be transmitted from plant to plant infection diseases caused by various pathogens; multiply and transmitted from plant to plant fungi spores spread by rain, wind, insects, seeds; leaf spots/root rots bacteria microscopic single celled organisms. Cannot move by themselves; only enter through wounds or small openings; crown gall, soft rot nematodes microscopic roundworms that reproduce by eggs; spread by anything that moves infected plants parts or infested soil viruses submicroscopic pieces of DNA/RNA; spread by