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7A General Pest Controls: Unit 7. Application and Management Equipment - Test Your Knowledge7A General Pest Controls: Unit 7. Application and Management Equipment - Test Your Knowledge7A General Pest Controls: Unit 7. Application and Management Equipment - Test Your Knowledge7A General Pest Controls: Unit 7. Application and Management Equipment - Test Your Knowledge7A General Pest Controls: Unit 7. Application and Management Equipment - Test Your Knowledge7A General Pest Controls: Unit...

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What is the term for intentional, orchestrated manipulation of pest populations? - pest management Altering the physical environment is a ______ tactic to pest management - physical Removing resources needed by pests is a _____ tactic to pest management - cultural Using devices, machines or other apparatus to influence pests is a _____ tactic to pest management - mechanical Using natural enemies to reduce pests is a _____ tactic to pest management - biological Modifying genet...

A key to minimizing the hazard of pesticide use to the applicator is to avoid exposure. (True or False) - True The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a ________ control method for insects. A. Biological B. Legal C. Physical - C Physical Drift problems can be reduced by - Placing a boom as close to the target as possible Which is not a concern when handling an emulsifiable concentrate pesticide? A. Visible plant residues B. May be easily absorbed through human a...

-A control measure(s) that precludes a pest population from reaching damaging levels -Implemented before a pest population is present or when it is at very low levels - Preventative -A control measure(s) that remedies a pest population that is close to or has reached economically damaging levels -Implemented in response to an increasing pest population - Curative -Resistant plant varieties -Plant health care -Ecosystem design -Sanitation - Cultural or sanitation practices -Movem...

Mechanical Control - use of devices, machines and other physical methods to control pest or alter their environment Biological Control - Natural Enemies Natural Control - Topographic Features, rivers, and other feature with keep the pest in check Cultural Control - Altering the environment, the condition of the host plant or site, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation Mechanical controls - Cultivation, Exclusion and trapping Cultural Controls - mo...

Action Threshold - the predetermined level at which pest control is needed Algae - a group of small, primitive, filamentous, green plants that manufacture their own food and are found under very wet conditions Bacteria - one-celled organisms that have a primitive nucleus Bactericide - a chemical used to control bacteria which is also known as a germicide Best Management Practices (BMPs) - Those practices that combine scientific research with practical knowledge to optimize yield...

Define "pest" - Any undesirable organism that injuries humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured products or natural substances. State the four main groups of pests, and give an example of each. - 1) Weeds: undesirable plants (Canada Thistle Flower). 2) Invertebrate animals: Insects, mites, ticks, slugs, etc (Paper wasp) 3) Pathogens: Bacteria, viruses (Hawthorne Rust). 4) Vertebrates: Birds, fish reptiles (rock Dove) Discuss the importance of pest identification in pest co...

IPM - pest control strategy that uses a combination of techniques to reduce pest pops to economically acceptable levels. Focuses on the long-term prevention or suppression of pest problems. Uses cultural, biological, physical, and mechanical methods in site specific combinations. Pesticides only used when careful field monitoring, based on economic threshold levels, indicates they are needed. Main aim is to control only the harmful pest without affecting beneficial and non-target organism, huma...

Herbicides - chemical that kills plants Insecticides - chemical that kills insects Rodenticides - chemical that kills rodents Fungicides - chemical that kills fungi Nematicides - chemical that kills nematodes (roundworms) Algicides - chemical that kills algae Bactericides - chemical that kills bacteria Piscicides - chemical that kills fish What is a "first generation pesticide"? - Their use was largely abandoned because they were either too ineffective or too t...