What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? - ANSWER
Yellowed Leaves
What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest goes through? -
ANSWER To target the most vulnerable life stage.
When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? - ANSWER April through early June.
How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? - ANSWER Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. - ANSWER Seeds.
What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds? - ANSWER Systemic.
Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's growth stage
listed on the label? - ANSWER Selectivity is determined by growth stage.
What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? - ANSWER Keep herbicides off impervious
surfaces like sidewalks.
To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________. -
ANSWER Environmental conditions.
Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? - ANSWER They only protect
existing growth.
, Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? - ANSWER Poison bait.
What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping charlie
WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? - ANSWER Narrow spectrum.
What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? - ANSWER Common name.
What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? - ANSWER Getting absorbed into the plant.
What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant? - ANSWER
Systemic.
WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? - ANSWER To make
the pesticide easier to use.
Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the target pest? -
ANSWER Better residual time on the weed.
What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? - ANSWER Typically degrades slower
than a liquid formulation.
WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? - ANSWER To make the product stick
better.
Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? - ANSWER Federal insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Yellowed Leaves
What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest goes through? -
ANSWER To target the most vulnerable life stage.
When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? - ANSWER April through early June.
How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? - ANSWER Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. - ANSWER Seeds.
What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds? - ANSWER Systemic.
Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's growth stage
listed on the label? - ANSWER Selectivity is determined by growth stage.
What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? - ANSWER Keep herbicides off impervious
surfaces like sidewalks.
To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________. -
ANSWER Environmental conditions.
Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? - ANSWER They only protect
existing growth.
, Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? - ANSWER Poison bait.
What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping charlie
WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? - ANSWER Narrow spectrum.
What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? - ANSWER Common name.
What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? - ANSWER Getting absorbed into the plant.
What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant? - ANSWER
Systemic.
WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? - ANSWER To make
the pesticide easier to use.
Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the target pest? -
ANSWER Better residual time on the weed.
What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? - ANSWER Typically degrades slower
than a liquid formulation.
WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? - ANSWER To make the product stick
better.
Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? - ANSWER Federal insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
