Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator Test Commercial Category 6.0 Exam Questions and Answers(RATED A+)

What determines whether a given plant is a weed? - ANSWER-A weed is any unwanted plant What are the two main goals of weed management? - ANSWER-The primary goal is to minimize weed competition and the other main goal is to limit the weed's reproduction in order to manage the weed population in years to come. Distinguish grasses from broadleaf plants and herbaceous from woody plants - ANSWER-Grasses are considered monocots, meaning they have a single seed leaf, they also have narrow leaves with parallel veins and a fibrous root system. Broadleaf plants have two seed leaves and are therefore called dicots, they have broad leaves with veins that form a net patterns. Broadleaf plants can be further classified into herbaceous and woody, where the woody plants have a thick layer of dense tissue called bark, which herbaceous plants lack. Describe the life cycles and propagation of annual, biennial, and perennial plants - ANSWER-Annual plants live for less than a year, they produce many seeds in one growing season, and then die. Summer annuals winter as seeds, and winter annuals winter as a low-growing plant, both summer and winter annuals are easiest to control when they are small. Biennial plants live for two growing seasons, they germinate from seed in the spring or summer and winter as a rosette of leaves. They flower in their second year, produce seeds and then die. Both annuals and biennials reproduce only by seed. Perennial plants live for at least 2 years and sometimes longer, they may reproduce by seed or vegetatively through several different mechanisms. What is needed to kill annual, biennial, and perennial weeds and when is it easiest to do so? - ANSWER-To kill annuals or biennials, you must kill the whole shoot. Controlling these weeds with tillage or herbicides will kill them plus stop seed production, which will reduce future weed problems. The most effective way to kill perennials is to destroy the underground vegetative structures by either repeatedly tilling the soil or by using a herbicide that translocates to destroy all of the plant parts. How should you time herbicide application with respect to a plant's life cycle and which timing is most effective? - ANSWER-All weeds may start as seedlings and it is most effective to treat the plants at this stage because less energy is required to kill the plants at this stage than at any other. Biennials and Annuals are controlled by a fall or early spring treatment, and perennials are controlled best with a fall treatment as well.