Demonstration and Research Pest Control

Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - Answer-FIFRA "any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating and pest" - Answer-Pesticide "any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant." - Answer-Pesticide Pesticides that are generally more acutely toxic and inhibit a vital physiological process. - Answer-Broad spectrum Broad spectrum insecticides that inhibit cholinesterase - an enzyme in animal nervous systems. - Answer-Organophosphates and carbamates Broad spectrum herbicides that inhibit a key reaction in photosynthesis. - Answer-Triazines There is a trend away from broad spectrum pesticides and toward ______ pesticides which are aimed at certain metabolic action sites, and sometimes, certain pest organisms. This almost always results in products with reduced risks toward pesticide handlers and non-target organisms. - Answer-specialized activity A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is _____ which disrupt insect growth, egg production, and caste differentiation in some social insects. - Answer-Insect growth regulators A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is the insecticidal bacterium _____ which is highly selective against certain insect pests. - Answer-Bacillus thuringiensis A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is the selective _____ which inhibits synthesis of vital amino acids only in certain plants. - Answer-sulfonylurea herbicides The movement, dissipation, degradation, and accumulation of pesticides in the biosphere. - Answer-Environmental fate Pesticides reach the soil through these three routes _____ - Answer-intentional application, spills, drift, and contaminated precipitation. Pesticides reach surface water through these six routes _____ - Answer-intentional application, spills, drift, contaminated precipitation, soil leaching, and surface runoff.