QAL "B" Landscape Management & Pest Control Chpt 10 Questions and Answers (Graded A)

Appropriate on-going care for turf grass: - ANSWER-Mowing, watering, aerating, dethatching, fertilizing, & topdressing. Where do you find the pesticide Standards of Care? - ANSWER-On the Pesticide label and in the pesticide laws and regulations Is the pesticide label a legal, binding document? - ANSWER-Yes What are some possible Pesticide Fates? - ANSWER-1. can be washed off the plant by rain or irrigation water 2. be washed off a plant and carried away by a storm 3. chemically decomposed by the sun 4. contaminate groundwater 5. evaporate into a gas that eventually contaminates ground water 6. remain on the plant as a residue and then be brushed off by people or animals 7. Become tightly attached to organic matter in the soil and stay there a long time 8. Be chemically decomposed by organisms in the ground 9. remin on grass clippings and then part of a compost What is the most important thing to do to avoid damage to both targeted and non-targeted plants and turf grass? - ANSWER-Follow label "Directions for Use" and Regulatory requirements