Ornamental and Turf Grass Pest Management Exam Questions and Answers
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Environmental turf grass management
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Environmental Turf Grass Management
Resistance to pesticides come from? - Answer-Using the same pesticides over and over.
Pesticides in the soil? - Answer-Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi
You should apply a pesticide...? - Answer-When pests are abundant enough cause unacceptable damage
What hand lens magnific...
Ornamental and Turf Grass Pest
Management Exam Questions and
Answers
Resistance to pesticides come from? - Answer-Using the same pesticides over and
over.
Pesticides in the soil? - Answer-Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi
You should apply a pesticide...? - Answer-When pests are abundant enough cause
unacceptable damage
What hand lens magnification is recommended for insect identification? - Answer-5
power to 10 power
In an IPM program you should... - Answer-Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
Which of these statements is TRUE?
a) is legal to using insecticide on any plants to control insects.
b) different diseases and insects can cause the same symptoms.
c) yellow leaves are always a sign of disease.
d) it is safe to use a broad spectrum herbicide on plants not listed on the label. -
Answer-Different diseases and insects can cause the same symptoms.
Which of these statements is false?
a) Records are helpful in knowing when to look for a pest each year.
b) Records are a way to know whether a treatment was effective.
c) Record keeping takes more time than it's worth.
D). Recordkeeping helps you comply with pesticide regulations. - Answer-Record
Keeping takes more time than its worth
Proper mowing means? - Answer-Using sharp mower blades to make a clean cut
To promote healthy turf and reduce disease...? - Answer-Water thoroughly when you
first see wilting
When fertilizing - Answer-Determine fertilizer need through result of a soil test
Which of these statements is false?
a) thatch should be at least 2 inches thick to keep soil cool
b) thatch should be no more than 1/2 inch thick
c) excess thatch keeps water and fertilizer from reaching roots
, d) thatch provides a good environment for turf pest - Answer-thatch should be at least 2
inches thick to keep soil cool
Cool season cultivars - Answer-Can be mixed to minimize disease
Good soil drainage - Answer-Promotes healthy turfgrass
Which of these statements is false?
a) too much fertilizer promotes thatch build up.
b) Too much fertilizer can make grass Morris acceptable to brown patch and leaf spot.
c) Two little fertilizer makes turf susceptible to bare spots and weed invasions. d) Do not
fertilize turf grass infected with dollar spot. - Answer-Do not fertilize turf grass infected
with dollar spot.
Which method will not help monitor cutworms? - Answer-Pitfall traps
Apply and insecticide - Answer-When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
The milky spore disease bacterium - Answer-Is only effective against Japanese beetle
grubs
Control fire ants - Answer-Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound treatments
Insecticide apply to control white Grubbs - Answer-Should be watered in to reach the
soil
Mole Crickets - Answer-Have only one generation per year
Herbicides are - Answer-One tool for maintaining weeds
Annual weeds - Answer-grow, flower, go to seed, and die within 12 months
Biennial weeds - Answer-Form a rosette of leaves the first year and flower the next
Perennial weeds - Answer-can live indefinitely
Dandelions - Answer-Have a sturdy taproot
Winter annual broadleaf weeds are... - Answer-Best controlled in mid to late fall and
early winter
What is not a factor component of the disease pyramid? - Answer-Fungicide
Spring dead spot in Bermudagrass? - Answer-Occurs after winter dormancy
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