Pesticide Applicator Questions & Answers(graded A+)

Pest -ANSWER An undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances Pathogens -ANSWER Disease causing organisms Four Main Groups of Pest Organisms -ANSWER 1. Weeds 2. Invertebrates 3. Pathogens 4. Vertebrates Weed -ANSWER Undesirable plant Invertebrate Examples -ANSWER Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails, slugs Pathogen Examples -ANSWER Bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes, mycoplasmas, and other microorganisms Vertebrate Examples -ANSWER Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, rodents, and other mammals Importance of Pest Identification -ANSWER Applicators can learn about its life cycle, behavior, characteristic damage, factors that favor its development, susceptible life stages, and known control methods. Could cause pest control success or failure. 6 Pest Management Methods -ANSWER 1. Biological 2. Chemical 3. Cultural 4. Genetic 5. Mechanical/Physical 6. Regulatory Biological Control -ANSWER Use of natural enemies to control pests. Avicide -ANSWER Control or repel pest birds Bactericide -ANSWER Control bacteria Chemosterilants -ANSWER Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates Defoliants -ANSWER Causes leaves to drop from plants Desiccants -ANSWER Promote drying or loss of moisture from plant tissues and insects Disinfectants -ANSWER Control microorganisms Fungicide -ANSWER Control fungi Growth Regulators -ANSWER Alter growth or development of plant or animal Herbicide -ANSWER Control weeds Insecticide -ANSWER Control insects and related arthropods Miticide -ANSWER (Acaricide) Control mites Molluscicides -ANSWER Control snails and slugs Nematicides -ANSWER Control nematodes Ovicides -ANSWER Destroy eggs Pheromone -ANSWER Attract insects Piscicides -ANSWER Control pest fish Predacides -ANSWER Control predatory vertebrates Repellants -ANSWER Repel insects, mites, ticks, pest vertebrates, invertebrates, birds, and mammals Rodenticides -ANSWER Controls rodents Selective Pesticide -ANSWER Toxic to some pests, but have little or no effect on others Systemic Pesticide -ANSWER Absorbed and translocated within a plant or animal Contact Pesticide -ANSWER Must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents Persistence -ANSWER How long a pesticide remains actives to control pest Residual Pesticides -ANSWER Control pests long term (ie weeks, months, or years) Cultural Control -ANSWER Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal, and survival Examples of Cultural Controls -ANSWER Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization, crop selection, etc. Genetic Control -ANSWER Selected or bred to resists specific pests Mechanical Control -ANSWER Kill a pest directly or make its environmental unsuitable Examples of Mechanical Control -ANSWER Traps, mulches, fences, cloth mesh, etc.