Texas pesticide applicator General Questions
with Complete Solutions
What is it pest? -Injures human, animals, crops, structures, or possessions
- competes with humans, domestic animals, pets, or crops for food come a feed, or water.
- spreads disease to humans, domestic animals come a pets, or crops.
harmless insects about 97% of all insect species are not pests. They pollinate plants and
are food for Birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and other insects. Some insects are also pretty and
pleasant to see.
plants have three main responses to disease: - over development of tissue(Galls, swellings,
and leaf curls)
- Underdevelopment of tissue
- Death of tissue
Nematodes microscopic eel or worm like organisms
, insecticides most insecticides work when the insect either touches or swallows the
chemical. Some insecticides called systemics maybe used on the plant or animal to be protected
non-selective herbicides are toxic to all plants
timing of application any treatment made before I plant sprouts is called pre-emergence,
Herbicide treatments made after the desired vegetation or weeds appear are called post-
emergence
Rodenticides kills rats, mice, and other rodents
Avicides chemicals used to control pest species of birds
Nematicides chemicals that kill nematodes
The Law Requires you to use a pesticide according to label instructions
with Complete Solutions
What is it pest? -Injures human, animals, crops, structures, or possessions
- competes with humans, domestic animals, pets, or crops for food come a feed, or water.
- spreads disease to humans, domestic animals come a pets, or crops.
harmless insects about 97% of all insect species are not pests. They pollinate plants and
are food for Birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and other insects. Some insects are also pretty and
pleasant to see.
plants have three main responses to disease: - over development of tissue(Galls, swellings,
and leaf curls)
- Underdevelopment of tissue
- Death of tissue
Nematodes microscopic eel or worm like organisms
, insecticides most insecticides work when the insect either touches or swallows the
chemical. Some insecticides called systemics maybe used on the plant or animal to be protected
non-selective herbicides are toxic to all plants
timing of application any treatment made before I plant sprouts is called pre-emergence,
Herbicide treatments made after the desired vegetation or weeds appear are called post-
emergence
Rodenticides kills rats, mice, and other rodents
Avicides chemicals used to control pest species of birds
Nematicides chemicals that kill nematodes
The Law Requires you to use a pesticide according to label instructions
