PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and Turf Questions and Answers 100% Accurate!

What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest management? - ANSWER-1.) PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using certified seed, providing good growing conditions, and making a good match between the plant and the site) 2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the problem: (Finding out whether the damage to a particular plant is caused by a pest or by an environmental condition such as freezing or drought and always determine the exact pest that you are dealing with) 3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and tolerate some damage: (Deciding how many pests and how much damage to tolerate) 4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first choice What should you do in an IPM program? - ANSWER-Produce healthy plants that can resist pests What is Phytotoxicity? - ANSWER-A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms? - ANSWER-Pitfall traps What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ? - ANSWER-A common bacterium that kills many types of caterpillars When should you apply an insecticide? - ANSWER-When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage What is the Milky spore disease? - ANSWER-A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles What do you do to control fire ants? - ANSWER-Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound treatments Sod webworms... - ANSWER-Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf An insecticide applied to control white grubs... - ANSWER-Should be watered in to reach the soil Mole crickets... - ANSWER-Have only one generation per year What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that insect pests undergo? - ANSWER-1.) Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of insects that undergo this look like small versions of the adult 2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of development among turf grass pests): The young stages of insects that undergo this look very different from the adults before before they become pupae and change into adults H