IL Pesticide Applicator General Standards EXAM (100% With complete solution)

integrated pest management - CORRECT ANSWERS IPM. plant protection recommended for efficient pest control with minimal environmental impact IPM goals - CORRECT ANSWERS to keep pest populations below the economic injury in production crops and below the aesthetic injury level in non-crop and ornamental plants and... to avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment and... to OPTIMIZE not MAXIMIZE pest control aesthetic - CORRECT ANSWERS desirable "look", beauty non-IPM goal - CORRECT ANSWERS the elimination of ALL pests economic threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS the number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which CONTROL MEASURES should be taken economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWERS the BREAK-EVEN point at which the cost of pest control equals the REVENUE LOSS caused by a pest aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWERS enough DAMAGE to plant to warrant the cost of control cultural control - CORRECT ANSWERS improves crop health in order to make the crop better able to compete against pests. examples: mulches-to control weeds, smother crops-to control weeds growing in oats, grass or ground cover, crop rotation, selecting resistant plants resistant varieties - CORRECT ANSWERS the most efficient method of disease control in most plantings mechanical control - CORRECT ANSWERS physical elimination of the pest. examples: hand pulling hoeing, rotary hoeing, cultivating, mowing, pruning, screening and sheet metal to keep rodents and birds away biological control - CORRECT ANSWERS the use of living organisms to reduce pest populations to economically acceptable levels. examples: insects, diseases, or parasitic plants can be used as control agents to reduce weed competitiveness preventive control - CORRECT ANSWERS helps prevent the spread and entry of pests. examples: quarantines, inspections, regulations enforced chemical control - CORRECT ANSWERS an integral part of an IPM program. Pesticides offer an economical and dependable method of pest control. pesticide failure - CORRECT ANSWERS . applying the wrong type of pesticide . applying the pesticide at the wrong time . failure to apply pesticide at the right location of the infested part of the plant . applying a pesticide to a resistant pest insect identification - CORRECT ANSWERS adults have 3 pairs of jointed legs( 6 LEGS) and three distinct body regions, the HEAD, THORAX and ABDOMENT, TWO PAIRS OF WINGS incomplete development of insect - CORRECT ANSWERS 3 life stages . eggs HATCH into NYMPHS that become ADULTS . adults MATE and LAY eggs to to complete the cycle complete development - CORRECT ANSWERS 4 life stages . eggs HATCH into LARVAE, that become PUPAE . adults emerge from PUPAE and MATE before LAYING eggs pupal stage - CORRECT ANSWERS the resting stage, the insect doesn't feed and is not very active insect relatives - CORRECT ANSWERS mites, predatory mites, ticks, spiders