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A pest management philosophy that utilizes all the suitable pest management techniques and methods to keep pest populations below economically injurious levels. Pest management techniques must be environmentally and economically sound.
A sustainable pest management strategy that focuses on long...
QAC Law and Reg Exam Questions &
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Define Integrated Pest Management (IPM) -ANSWER_ Integration of biological and
cultural pest control techniques with the use of selective pesticide, when these
necessary, to achieve acceptable level of control with the least possible harm to non-
target organisms and the environment.
A pest management philosophy that utilizes all the suitable pest management
techniques and methods to keep pest populations below economically injurious
levels. Pest management techniques must be environmentally and economically
sound.
A sustainable pest management strategy that focuses on long-term prevention or
suppression of pest problems through a combination of biological, cultural, physical,
and chemical tools that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks.
Pesticides are used only after monitoring indicates they are needed according to
established guidelines, and treatments are made with the goal of removing only the
target organism. Pest control tools are selected and applied in a manner that
minimizes risks to human health, to beneficial and non-target organisms, and to the
environment.
Main aim is to control only the harmful pest without affecting beneficial and non-
target organsism, human health, and the environment.
Differentiate among key pests, occasional pests, and secondary pests. -ANSWER_
Key Pests- Pests that cause major damage on a regular basis. Many weeds, and
cockroaches, and rodents are also examples of key pests because of their waste
and body coverings (cockroach shed skins, rodent hairs, etc) can trigger asthma in
some people
Occasional pests - Pests that become troublesome only once in a while because of
their life cycles
Secondary pets - Become a problem when a key pest is controlled or absent. Certain
species of fleas, ticks, and blood-feeding bugs attack people only when their natural
hosts, such as pet dogs or cats, are no longer present
Define prevention, suppression, and eradication of pests -ANSWER_
Describe the methods used to achieve prevention, suppression, and eradication of
pets -ANSWER_
Define economic injury/treatment thresholds and describe what happens when these
are reached -ANSWER_ Economic Injury level - the pest population density that
causes losses equal to the cost of control measures--setting ET below EIL ensures
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