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1.) PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist
plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using certified seed,
providing good growing conditions, and making a
good match between the plant and the site)
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the
problem: (Finding out whether the damage to a
What are some of the
particular plant is caused by a pest or by an
basic principles of
environmental condition such as freezing or drought
Integrated pest
and always determine the exact pest that you are
management?
dealing with)
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests
and tolerate some damage: (Deciding how many
pests and how much damage to tolerate)
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a
first choice
What should you do in an Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
IPM program?
What is Phytotoxicity? A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
Which method will NOT Pitfall traps
help monitor cutworms?
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What is Bacillus A common bacterium that kills many types of
thuringiensis (Bt) ? caterpillars
When should you apply an When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
insecticide?
What is the Milky spore A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium,
disease? Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles
What do you do to control Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound
fire ants? treatments
Sod webworms... Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
An insecticide applied to Should be watered in to reach the soil
control white grubs...
Mole crickets... Have only one generation per year
1.) Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of
insects that undergo this look like small versions of the
adult
What are the 2 different
2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of
kinds of metamorphosis
development among turf grass pests): The young
that insect pests undergo?
stages of insects that undergo this look very different
from the adults before before they become pupae
and change into adults
They feed in clusters and damage first appears as
How do Chinch bugs circular patches of yellowing turf that resemble
damage turf? drought injury and large infestations of the southern
chinch bug may completely kill St. Augustine lawns.
1.) Japanese beetle
What are 4 pests that
2.) Mole cricket
might cause root damage
3.) Masked chafer
to turf?
4.) Green june beetle
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Terms in this set (72)
1.) PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist
plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using certified seed,
providing good growing conditions, and making a
good match between the plant and the site)
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the
problem: (Finding out whether the damage to a
What are some of the
particular plant is caused by a pest or by an
basic principles of
environmental condition such as freezing or drought
Integrated pest
and always determine the exact pest that you are
management?
dealing with)
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests
and tolerate some damage: (Deciding how many
pests and how much damage to tolerate)
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a
first choice
What should you do in an Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
IPM program?
What is Phytotoxicity? A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
Which method will NOT Pitfall traps
help monitor cutworms?
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, 8/12/25, 4:47 PM PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and Turf EXAM Questions & Answers | 100% Verified solutions | 2025\2026 Latest!! Flashcards…
What is Bacillus A common bacterium that kills many types of
thuringiensis (Bt) ? caterpillars
When should you apply an When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
insecticide?
What is the Milky spore A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium,
disease? Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles
What do you do to control Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound
fire ants? treatments
Sod webworms... Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
An insecticide applied to Should be watered in to reach the soil
control white grubs...
Mole crickets... Have only one generation per year
1.) Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of
insects that undergo this look like small versions of the
adult
What are the 2 different
2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of
kinds of metamorphosis
development among turf grass pests): The young
that insect pests undergo?
stages of insects that undergo this look very different
from the adults before before they become pupae
and change into adults
They feed in clusters and damage first appears as
How do Chinch bugs circular patches of yellowing turf that resemble
damage turf? drought injury and large infestations of the southern
chinch bug may completely kill St. Augustine lawns.
1.) Japanese beetle
What are 4 pests that
2.) Mole cricket
might cause root damage
3.) Masked chafer
to turf?
4.) Green june beetle
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