Pesticide license ornamental and turf for nc exam
questions and answers
Dandelions - -has a flattened rosette of narrow leaves
Dallisgrass - -grows in clumps but has short, stout rhizomes; about the same texture as St.
Augustinegrass; produces unsightly seedheads; tends to grow faster than turfgrasses after mowing;
difficult to control
Sedges - -Yellow and purple nutsedge
Pitfall traps work for - -billbugs
Pheromone traps work for - -adult japanese beetle, black cutworm moth, larger sod webworm
moth
Light traps work for - -moths of cutworms,sod webworms, night flying beetles
Flotation - -chinch bugs
soap/water flush - -finding mole crickets, sod webworms, army worms, and catapillars
2 ounces dishsoap to 4 gallons of water
Root feeders - -japanese beetle, green june beetle, masked chafer, oriental beetle, mole cricket,
and ground pearls
pests that mature complete meteamorphisis - -moth, beetle, cutworm, army worm, sod
webworm, and billbug
, Perrennial grasses - -Dallis grass,is fast growing warm season grass with reddish looking leaf
sheath, bloated fat and hairy
Broadleaf weeds - -prostate spurge, common chickweed, henbit, dandelion, plantains, white
clover, and wild garlic
disease pyramid - -enviroment, pathogen, host and time
if any are missing no disease will occur
disorders - -caused by unfavorable conditios such as extreme temps, soil compaction, injury from
machines or chemicals, or too little or too much water, fertilizer, and light
diseases - -caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses
Brown patch (rhitzoctonia blight) - -Common disease of tall fescue
irregular rings,patches brown, tan foliage
avoid excessive irrigation and high nitrogen in warm temps
large patch - -disease of warm season grass
irregular brown,yeloow, orange patches 1 to ft in diameter
no fertlilizer 6 wks. before winter dormacy
systemic fungicides - -translocate w/in plant and can control fungi already in plant
provides longer periods of residual disease control, absorbed through cuticle, not washed off by rain
Protectant fungicide - -fungicides that are used to protect uninfected plants by inhibiting
development of spores or mycelia on the surface, but is ineffective against established infections
questions and answers
Dandelions - -has a flattened rosette of narrow leaves
Dallisgrass - -grows in clumps but has short, stout rhizomes; about the same texture as St.
Augustinegrass; produces unsightly seedheads; tends to grow faster than turfgrasses after mowing;
difficult to control
Sedges - -Yellow and purple nutsedge
Pitfall traps work for - -billbugs
Pheromone traps work for - -adult japanese beetle, black cutworm moth, larger sod webworm
moth
Light traps work for - -moths of cutworms,sod webworms, night flying beetles
Flotation - -chinch bugs
soap/water flush - -finding mole crickets, sod webworms, army worms, and catapillars
2 ounces dishsoap to 4 gallons of water
Root feeders - -japanese beetle, green june beetle, masked chafer, oriental beetle, mole cricket,
and ground pearls
pests that mature complete meteamorphisis - -moth, beetle, cutworm, army worm, sod
webworm, and billbug
, Perrennial grasses - -Dallis grass,is fast growing warm season grass with reddish looking leaf
sheath, bloated fat and hairy
Broadleaf weeds - -prostate spurge, common chickweed, henbit, dandelion, plantains, white
clover, and wild garlic
disease pyramid - -enviroment, pathogen, host and time
if any are missing no disease will occur
disorders - -caused by unfavorable conditios such as extreme temps, soil compaction, injury from
machines or chemicals, or too little or too much water, fertilizer, and light
diseases - -caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses
Brown patch (rhitzoctonia blight) - -Common disease of tall fescue
irregular rings,patches brown, tan foliage
avoid excessive irrigation and high nitrogen in warm temps
large patch - -disease of warm season grass
irregular brown,yeloow, orange patches 1 to ft in diameter
no fertlilizer 6 wks. before winter dormacy
systemic fungicides - -translocate w/in plant and can control fungi already in plant
provides longer periods of residual disease control, absorbed through cuticle, not washed off by rain
Protectant fungicide - -fungicides that are used to protect uninfected plants by inhibiting
development of spores or mycelia on the surface, but is ineffective against established infections
