Demonstration and Research Pest Control Study Guide | 100 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024

Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - FIFRA "any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating and pest" - Pesticide "any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant." - Pesticide Pesticides that are generally more acutely toxic and inhibit a vital physiological process. - Broad spectrum Broad spectrum insecticides that inhibit cholinesterase - an enzyme in animal nervous systems. - Organophosphates and carbamates Broad spectrum herbicides that inhibit a key reaction in photosynthesis. - Triazines There is a trend away from broad spectrum pesticides and toward ______ pesticides which are aimed at certain metabolic action sites, and sometimes, certain pest organisms. This almost always results in products with reduced risks toward pesticide handlers and non-target organisms. - specialized activity