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NH Pesticide Core Manuel
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UNH PESTICIDE CORE MANUEL 100%SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Pest - Is an undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured
products, or natural substances.
Pathogens - Disease causing organisms.
Ex. Viruses, Bacteria, or Fungi
Pesticide Resistance - is the ability of a pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it
Bioaccumulation - The ability of organisms to accumulate or store chemicals in their tissues.
Biomagnification - The process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume
EPA - Created in 1970 by congress to implement law passed to protect the environment and the heath of
humans and animals.
Weeds - undesirable plants
Invertebrate animals - insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails, and slugs.
pathogens or disease agents - bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes, mycoplasmas, and other
microorganisms
Vertebrate animal - birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and rodents and other mammals.
, Abiotic factors - natural control measures within the environment that injure or destroy plants and
animals, including pest.
EX. climatic factors
air or water pollution
topographic features
Biological control - use of natural enemies to control pests and their damage
Chemical control - method of using natrually derived and/or synthetic chemicals to manage pest
Cultural Control - Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal, and surival
Genetic control - plants and animals that are bred or selected ti resist specific pest problems.
Mechanical/Physical Control - kills pest directly or makes environment unsuitable
Traps and Barriers
Regulatory Control - quarantine and eradication
Pesticide - any material that is applied to plants, soil,water,harvested crops, structures, clothing and
furnishings, or animals to kill, attract, repel, or regulate or interrupt the growth and mating of pests, or
to regulate growth
Avicies - Control or repel BIRDS
Bactericides - Control Bacteria
Chemosterilants - Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates
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