Illinois Pesticide Applicator General Standards 2024/2025 passed

Illinois Pesticide Applicator General StandardsIPM - correct answer Integrated Pest Management; Goals are provide economical pest control/protect the environment Not The Goal Of IPM - correct answer Elimination of all pests Economic threshold/action threshold - correct answer Number of pests per plant of amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin economic injury level - correct answer breakeven point which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by pest aesthetic injury level - correct answer number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control scouting - correct answer key to a successful IPM program cultural control - correct answer improves plant health so that plants are able to compete better against pests; soil preparation, fertility, proper planting, plant selection, crop rotation mechanical control - correct answer physically eliminates the weed; hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking biological control - correct answer uses living organisms to reduce pest populations; predators, parasites, pest disease