Illinois Pesticide Applicator Training Manual fully solved 2024/2025

Illinois Pesticide Applicator Training ManualEconomic Threshold (ET) - correct answer Number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which point control measures should begin Cultural Control - correct answer Improves plant health so that the plants are able to compete better against pests (ex: mulch, crop rotation) Mechanical Control - correct answer Physically eliminates the pest (ex: hand pulling, hoeing, cultivating, mowing) Biological Control - correct answer Uses living organisms to reduce pest populations to economically acceptable levels Preventive control - correct answer Helps prevent the entry and spread of pests Chemical Control - correct answer Use of chemicals to control pests Pests - correct answer Insects, weeds, diseases that cause harm to vegetation Pupal Stage - correct answer the resting stage, the insect doesn't feed and is not very active noninfectious disease - correct answer A disease that cannot spread from one individual to another, are generally the result of unfavorable growing conditions infectious disease - correct answer A disease that is caused by a pathogen (such as fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses) and that can be spread from one individual to another.