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Pest -- Answer ✔✔ an undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and
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l. animals, manufactured products, or natural substances.
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pathogens -- Answer ✔✔ disease-causing organisms, such as viruses, bacteria, or fungi
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Pesticide resistance -- Answer ✔✔ When pests adapt and become resistant to a pesticide.
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l. First seen in resistance to DDT in 1947
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bioaccumulation -- Answer ✔✔ The accumulation of pesticide in the fatty tissue of some l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.




l. animals


biomagnification -- Answer ✔✔ The Food chain. l. l. l. l. l. l.




Organisms with pesticides in their tissues are eaten by fish, which are in turn eaten by birds.
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l. The birds at the top of the food chain accumulate the highest concentration of
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pesticide residues. l.




The Four main groups of pest organisms -- Answer ✔✔ weeds, invertebrate
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animals, pathogens, and vertebrate animals. Never classify an organism
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as a pest until it is clearly determined to be one.
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The first step in pest management -- Answer ✔✔ accurately identify the pest
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Abiotic factors -- Answer ✔✔ natural control measures within the environment that
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injure or destroy plants and animals, including pests.
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, Applied Controls -- Answer ✔✔ When humans try to eliminate pests.
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1. Biological Control
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2. Chemical control
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3. Cultural Control
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4. Genetic control
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5. Mechanical/Physical Control
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6. Regulatory Control
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Biological control -- Answer ✔✔ the use of natural enemies —predators, parasites,
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l. pathogens, and competitors—to control pests and their damage.
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Chemical control -- Answer ✔✔ the pest management method that involves using naturally
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l. derived and/or synthetic chemicals to manage pests.
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Pesticide -- Answer ✔✔ any material that is applied to plants, soil, water, harvested crops,
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l. structures, clothing and furnishings, or animals to kill, attract, repel, or regulate or interrupt
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l. the growth and mating of pests, or to regulate plant growth.
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Avicides -- Answer ✔✔ control or repel pest birds
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Bactericides -- Answer ✔✔ control bacteria l. l. l. l. l.




Chemosterilants -- Answer ✔✔ sterilize insects or pest vertebrates. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.




Defoliants -- Answer ✔✔ cause leaves (foliage) to drop from plants
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Desiccants -- Answer ✔✔ promote drying or loss of moisture from plant tissues and
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insects


Disinfectants -- Answer ✔✔ (antimicrobials) control microorganisms. l. l. l. l. l. l.

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