3A TURFGRASS PEST MANAGEMENT EXAM
LATEST 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWER|AGRADE
Terms in this set (84)
Why is it important to use Short term suppression - offers a quick fix but the pest
both short term population will rebuild.
suppression and long term
suppression tactics in pest Long term suppression - maintenance must be used to
management? reduce pest populations permanently
Varieties of grass containing endophyte fungi are one
plant resistance
example
Mechanical and physical Includes hand removal, traps, barriers and repellents
resistance
Cultural control includes raking, thatch removal and aeration
Give one example of a In a new stand of grass, hand removal of weeds may be
weed situation that can be necessary to prevent damage to the young grass plants
managed with hand
removal techniques
explain why turf cannot at there must be a low level of pest or prey insects for the
the same time benefit from predators to feed on
biological control methods
and be pest free
How can you help maintain by making pesticide applications only when needed
existing populations of
beneficial organisms in a
turf stand?
, Are microbial insecticides Long term maintenance. Microbial insecticides are
best used for short term slower acting and do not kill all of the pest at once,
suppression or long term which allows there to be food for other beneficial
maintenance of pest organisms.
populations? Why?
Type of pest
List four ways to classify Pesticide chemistry
pesticides Mode of action
Pesticide formulation
Can be used to control several pests, but more likely to
Broad-spectrum pesticide
be hazardous to non target organisms.
Good for use when the goal is to reduce the number of
Residual pesticide
applications required to control persistent pests
Superior in treating persistent perennial weeds, kills both
Systemic herbicide
aboveground and below ground parts of the plant
Contact herbicide Does not kill the underground plant parts
Explain why keeping track Insects, diseases and weeds develop based on heat
of degree day units. The accumulation of heat units varies from year to
accumulations is more year
useful for monitoring pest
activity than going by
calendar dates
Explain how knowing the Certain diseases and insect pests will affect certain
species or variety of turf species of turf grass and will not affect others
grass in a stand can help in
pest diagnosis
What three categories of Cool season, transition, warm season
grass species in the United Cool grass in Michigan
States and Canada? Which
is Michigan, and why?
Kentucky bluegrass
List examples of grass
Perennial ryegrass
species in Michigan
Creeping bent grass
LATEST 2024-2025 REAL EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWER|AGRADE
Terms in this set (84)
Why is it important to use Short term suppression - offers a quick fix but the pest
both short term population will rebuild.
suppression and long term
suppression tactics in pest Long term suppression - maintenance must be used to
management? reduce pest populations permanently
Varieties of grass containing endophyte fungi are one
plant resistance
example
Mechanical and physical Includes hand removal, traps, barriers and repellents
resistance
Cultural control includes raking, thatch removal and aeration
Give one example of a In a new stand of grass, hand removal of weeds may be
weed situation that can be necessary to prevent damage to the young grass plants
managed with hand
removal techniques
explain why turf cannot at there must be a low level of pest or prey insects for the
the same time benefit from predators to feed on
biological control methods
and be pest free
How can you help maintain by making pesticide applications only when needed
existing populations of
beneficial organisms in a
turf stand?
, Are microbial insecticides Long term maintenance. Microbial insecticides are
best used for short term slower acting and do not kill all of the pest at once,
suppression or long term which allows there to be food for other beneficial
maintenance of pest organisms.
populations? Why?
Type of pest
List four ways to classify Pesticide chemistry
pesticides Mode of action
Pesticide formulation
Can be used to control several pests, but more likely to
Broad-spectrum pesticide
be hazardous to non target organisms.
Good for use when the goal is to reduce the number of
Residual pesticide
applications required to control persistent pests
Superior in treating persistent perennial weeds, kills both
Systemic herbicide
aboveground and below ground parts of the plant
Contact herbicide Does not kill the underground plant parts
Explain why keeping track Insects, diseases and weeds develop based on heat
of degree day units. The accumulation of heat units varies from year to
accumulations is more year
useful for monitoring pest
activity than going by
calendar dates
Explain how knowing the Certain diseases and insect pests will affect certain
species or variety of turf species of turf grass and will not affect others
grass in a stand can help in
pest diagnosis
What three categories of Cool season, transition, warm season
grass species in the United Cool grass in Michigan
States and Canada? Which
is Michigan, and why?
Kentucky bluegrass
List examples of grass
Perennial ryegrass
species in Michigan
Creeping bent grass
