TENNESSEE PESTICIDE CORRECT LATEST ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SURE A+
✔✔What is a winter annual weed example? - ✔✔Henbit, purple deadnettle, common
chickweed, annual bluegrass
✔✔What is a biennial weed example? - ✔✔Bull thistle, musk thistle, wild carrot
✔✔What is a simple perennial weed example? - ✔✔Dandelion, curly dock,
buckhorn/broadleaf plantain
✔✔What is a creeping perennial weed example? - ✔✔White clover, ground ivy, oxalis,
nutsedge, bermudagrass (as a weed)
✔✔What are the key identification features of large/smooth crabgrass? - ✔✔Rolled
vernation, hairy blades, roots at lower nodes; germinates at 53-58°F soil temp
✔✔How does goosegrass differ from crabgrass? - ✔✔Goosegrass has folded vernation,
a white/silver 'wagon-wheel' center, and does NOT root at nodes.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of yellow nutsedge? - ✔✔Triangular stem,
sharp leaf tips, tubers only at rhizome tips
✔✔What is the life cycle of common dandelion? - ✔✔Perennial
✔✔What are the signs of aphid infestation? - ✔✔Cornicles on rear abdomen, curled
new growth, honeydew, sooty mold
✔✔What is the damage signature of chewing mouthparts? - ✔✔Holes, notches,
skeletonized leaves, clipped grass blades
✔✔What does a triangular stem indicate? - ✔✔It indicates a yellow nutsedge.
, ✔✔What is the key identification feature of white clover? - ✔✔Three leaflets with a white
chevron mark, nitrogen-fixing root nodules
✔✔What is the life cycle of henbit? - ✔✔Winter annual
✔✔What is the control implication for piercing-sucking mouthparts? - ✔✔Systemic
insecticides are effective.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of fire ants? - ✔✔Loose dome mound with no
central opening
✔✔What is a characteristic of beneficial lady beetles? - ✔✔Domed, hard-shelled,
spotted; alligator-like larvae
✔✔What is the disease triangle? - ✔✔It requires a susceptible host, a virulent
pathogen, and a favorable environment.
✔✔What are signs of a plant disease? - ✔✔Physical evidence of the pathogen itself
(mycelium, spores, fruiting bodies)
✔✔What are symptoms of a plant disease? - ✔✔The plant's reaction such as wilting,
chlorosis, necrosis, stunting.
✔✔What is the germination temperature range for crabgrass? - ✔✔Germination starts
around 57-64°F, with bulk germinating at 60-70°F.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of purple deadnettle? - ✔✔Square stems, short
petioles, upper leaves purple-tinged, flowers tucked under foliage.
✔✔What is the life cycle of Virginia creeper? - ✔✔Perennial (woody vine)
✔✔What is a distinguishing feature of the emerald ash borer? - ✔✔D-shaped exit holes
and S-shaped galleries.
✔✔What is the damage signature of rasping-sucking mouthparts? - ✔✔Silvery/bronze
scarring, black fecal specks.
✔✔What is the life cycle of common chickweed? - ✔✔Winter annual/perennial
✔✔What is the control implication for chewing mouthparts? - ✔✔Contact/stomach-
poison insecticides are effective.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of sod webworm? - ✔✔Grayish larvae with dark
spots; ragged notches near surface.
AND QUESTIONS SURE A+
✔✔What is a winter annual weed example? - ✔✔Henbit, purple deadnettle, common
chickweed, annual bluegrass
✔✔What is a biennial weed example? - ✔✔Bull thistle, musk thistle, wild carrot
✔✔What is a simple perennial weed example? - ✔✔Dandelion, curly dock,
buckhorn/broadleaf plantain
✔✔What is a creeping perennial weed example? - ✔✔White clover, ground ivy, oxalis,
nutsedge, bermudagrass (as a weed)
✔✔What are the key identification features of large/smooth crabgrass? - ✔✔Rolled
vernation, hairy blades, roots at lower nodes; germinates at 53-58°F soil temp
✔✔How does goosegrass differ from crabgrass? - ✔✔Goosegrass has folded vernation,
a white/silver 'wagon-wheel' center, and does NOT root at nodes.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of yellow nutsedge? - ✔✔Triangular stem,
sharp leaf tips, tubers only at rhizome tips
✔✔What is the life cycle of common dandelion? - ✔✔Perennial
✔✔What are the signs of aphid infestation? - ✔✔Cornicles on rear abdomen, curled
new growth, honeydew, sooty mold
✔✔What is the damage signature of chewing mouthparts? - ✔✔Holes, notches,
skeletonized leaves, clipped grass blades
✔✔What does a triangular stem indicate? - ✔✔It indicates a yellow nutsedge.
, ✔✔What is the key identification feature of white clover? - ✔✔Three leaflets with a white
chevron mark, nitrogen-fixing root nodules
✔✔What is the life cycle of henbit? - ✔✔Winter annual
✔✔What is the control implication for piercing-sucking mouthparts? - ✔✔Systemic
insecticides are effective.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of fire ants? - ✔✔Loose dome mound with no
central opening
✔✔What is a characteristic of beneficial lady beetles? - ✔✔Domed, hard-shelled,
spotted; alligator-like larvae
✔✔What is the disease triangle? - ✔✔It requires a susceptible host, a virulent
pathogen, and a favorable environment.
✔✔What are signs of a plant disease? - ✔✔Physical evidence of the pathogen itself
(mycelium, spores, fruiting bodies)
✔✔What are symptoms of a plant disease? - ✔✔The plant's reaction such as wilting,
chlorosis, necrosis, stunting.
✔✔What is the germination temperature range for crabgrass? - ✔✔Germination starts
around 57-64°F, with bulk germinating at 60-70°F.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of purple deadnettle? - ✔✔Square stems, short
petioles, upper leaves purple-tinged, flowers tucked under foliage.
✔✔What is the life cycle of Virginia creeper? - ✔✔Perennial (woody vine)
✔✔What is a distinguishing feature of the emerald ash borer? - ✔✔D-shaped exit holes
and S-shaped galleries.
✔✔What is the damage signature of rasping-sucking mouthparts? - ✔✔Silvery/bronze
scarring, black fecal specks.
✔✔What is the life cycle of common chickweed? - ✔✔Winter annual/perennial
✔✔What is the control implication for chewing mouthparts? - ✔✔Contact/stomach-
poison insecticides are effective.
✔✔What is the key identification feature of sod webworm? - ✔✔Grayish larvae with dark
spots; ragged notches near surface.
