PCA Insects Exam Q & A (RATED 100%)

PCA Insects Exam Q & A (RATED 100%) A trait inherited by a pest individual that allows it to succeed and that kills most other individuals in the population is called? - Answer pesticide resistance Adult of which invasive pest do not feed and will therefore die shortly after laying eggs? - Answer gypsy moth An insects exoskeleton protects it against? - Answer desiccation As originally devised, the main objective of the sterile insect technique is? - Answer eradication Containment of the pest population is the objective of which pest control strategy? - Answer quarantine Determining accumulation of insect Degree Days is useful information for management of? - Answer navel orange worm During which stage are plants least able to compensate for injury caused by insect pests? - Answer when fruit is forming Elevated nitrogen levels in host plants are often associated with population outbreak of? - Answer aphids Examples of biotypes are relatively common in which economical important pest? - Answer spotted alfalfa aphid Feeding by which of these insects causes stunting in lettuce seedlings? - Answer potato aphid Feeding by which of these pests provides entry wounds for rot organisms in Cotton? - Answer cotton bollworm Glassy winged sharpshooter vectors a pathogen that causes what disease? - Answer Pierce disease How can resistant development be prevented? - Answer integrate non-chemical methods How do piercing sucking mouthparts differ from other types of mouthparts? - Answer mandible and maxillae are modified into stylets