Pesticide Applicator License Ch. 1 Questions and Answers (Graded A+)

IPM - ANSWER-Integrated Pest Management Integrated - ANSWER-Interactions of pests, crops, control, methods, and environments Pest - ANSWER-Any species that affects profit, health, or convenience Management - ANSWER-Keeping pests below economic damage levels Groups of Pests - ANSWER--Weeds -Invertebrates -Disease agents/pathogens -Vertebrates Weeds - ANSWER-Any plant growing out of place where you don't want it to grow Invertebrates - ANSWER--Pests without a backbone -Bugs, insects Disease Agents/Pathogens - ANSWER-Viruses, bacteria, fungi, mold Vertebrates - ANSWER--Pests with a backbone -Rats, mice, deer, birds Pest Monitoring Questions - ANSWER--What pest? -How many pests? -Is it the right time to control? -Did the control method reduce the number of pests? Monitoring - ANSWER--Insect traps -Scouting Insect Traps - ANSWER--See if there are enough to do something about it Scouting - ANSWER-Visually looking Economic Threshold - ANSWER-Level where the projected economic losses caused by a pest are greater than the cost of the control Types of Pest Control - ANSWER--Cultural Control -Biological Control -Mechanical Control -Chemical Control Cultural Control - ANSWER--Trap crop -Crop rotation -Delayed planting or timing of plants -Cover crops -Lawn (turf) Tr