How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control strategy? - Identification of the pest
allows you to determine basic information about the pest, including its life cycle and the time that it is
most susceptible to being controlled.
Define "intergrated pest managment" (IPM) and list several posible control tactics that may be used in
an IPM strategy. - Integrated pest management is the combining of appropeiate pest and their damage
to an acceptable level. Pest control tactics may include: host resistance, biological control, cultural
control, mechanical control, sanitiation, and chemical (pesticide) control.
You applied a pesticide, but it did not control the pest. Name three resons why yopur control effort
might hasve failed. - The failure of the pesticide to control the pest might have been caused by pest
resistance, choosing the wrong pesticide, misidentifying the pest, applying the wrong amount, or
applying thye pesticide incorrectly.
What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control from becoming resistant to the pesticides
you use? - Pest resistance can be reduced by using integrated pest management and rotating the types
of pesticides used.
Name four of the six available methods to control pests when natural controls are not sufficient. - The
six pest control methods include: host resistance, biological control, cultural control, mechanical control,
sanitation, and chemical control.
Name the four factors that affect pesticide ise outdoors. - Pestiucide use outdoors is affected by soil
factors, surface moisture, humidity and temperature, and wind.
What is the best control method for controlling plant diseases? - At present, prevention is the only plant
disease control measure. Once a palnt is infected, few control methods are effective, including
pesticides.
Name four forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control. - Traps, barriers, gunning, attractants, and
repellents are all forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control.
, Explain the differences between the terms "label" and "labeling." - The label is the information printed
on or attached to the pesticide container. Labeling includes the label itseld, plus all other information
your receive from the meanufacturer about the product when you buy it.
What do the words "Restricted Use Pesticides" tell you about the pesticide product? - "Restricted Ise
Pesticide" means that hte product has been shown to be likely to harm people or the environment if it is
not used correctly. It may be purchased and used only by certified applicators and those under their
direct sypervision.
Explain the differences between chemical name, common name, and brand name. Which of these terms
should be used to most accurately identify a pesticide product? - The chemical name is a complex name
that identifies the chemical components and structures of the pesticide. A common name is a shorter
name that EPA recognizes as a substitute for the chemical name of a product. A brand name is a name -
usually a trademark - used by a chemical company to identify a pesticide product. The common name
(or the chemical name, if no common name is given) is the most accurate and useful way to identify a
pesticide product.
Name and explain the meaning of the single word and symbols you may see on a pesticide product. -
"Caution" indicates that the pesticide product is slightly toxic or relatively non-toxic. "Warning" indicates
that the pesticide product is moderately toxic. "Danger" indicates that the pesticide product is highly
toxic. "Poison" and the skull and crossbones indicate that the pesticide product is highly toxic as a
poison, rather than skin or eye irritant.
Does the pesticide label contain all the instructions and directions for use that you need to use the
product safely and legally? - Some pesticide products have all the necessary instructions and directions
for the use of the product on the label. For other products, more instructions and directions may be in
another labeling that accompanies the product at the time of purchase. The label or labeling of still
other products may refer to separate documents that contain specialized instructions and directions.
Pesticide users are required by law to comply with all these types of instructions and directions - not just
with the label itself.
What is pesticide formulation? - A pesticide formulation is a mixture of active in inactive ingredients that
form a pesticide product.
What is the difference between active ingredients and inactive ingredients? - Active ingredients are the
chemicals in a pesticide product that control pests. Inactive ingredients are the chemicals in a pesticide
product that do not control pests but are added to make the product safer, more effective, easier to
measure mix and apply, and more convenient to handle.
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