Pesticide

Pest - CORRECT ANSWER any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment Goal of IPM - CORRECT ANSWER keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER breakeven point at which cost of pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest economic threshold level - CORRECT ANSWER number of pests per plant or amount of damage to ...

Goal of IPM - CORRECT ANSWERS To avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment Economic threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS # of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which point control should begin Insects - CORRECT ANSWERS 3 pairs of jointed legs Incomplete life cycle - CORRECT ANSWERS Egg, nymph, adult Noninfectious disease - CORRECT ANSWERS Generally the result of unfavorable growing conditions Scouting - CORRECT ANSWERS First step in planning a successful we...

1. The goal of IPM isn't to eliminate the entire pest population but...: To avoid adverse effects on human, wildlife, and the environment (The question is something like the above but not the exact wording) 2. Which of the following words is that number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which point control measures should be- gin?: Economic Threshold 3. What can be said about insects?: They have three pairs of jointed legs 4. Which of the following is an incomplete lif...

PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info exam complete 2023 graded A+ 1. Bioaccumulation: The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. 2. Biomagnification: Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain 3. abiotic factors: natural control measures within the environment. EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features. 4. Biological Control: The use of natural enemies to control pests. EX: Predators,...

Is spider an Insect? correct answer: NO, it's an Arachnids Annual Plant correct answer: A plant that grows from a seed, produces seed the same year, then dies Pre-emergent correct answer: Applied before they appear Pre-planting correct answer: Applied after they appear Toxicity correct answer: A substance is it's capacity to cause injury to a living system Acute Toxicity correct answer: A poisonous pesticide to humans, animals or plants after a single exposure Chronic T...

A key to minimizing the hazard of pesticide use to the applicator is to avoid exposure. correct answer: True The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a __ control method for insects correct answer: Physical Drift problems can be reduced by: correct answer: Placing the boom as close to the target as possible. What is a concern when handling an emulsifiable concentrate pesticide? correct answer: A. High phytotoxicity hazard B. Easily absorbed through skin C. Flammability ...