Pest Control MidTerm Exam Questions Solved Correctly 2024.

What are pests? - Answer Noxious, destructive, or troublesome organisms Most are plants (weeds), fungi, bacteria, or animals (particularly insects) In agriculture, pests either feed on crops or livestock or compete with them for resources We control pests to protect human food, health and for convenience. Pesticides - Answer Chemicals used to control pests Herbicides - Answer control weeds insecticides - Answer control insects fungicides - Answer control fungi Rodenticides - Answer control rodents Biocides - Answer kill a variety of living things Target organisms - Answer what some pesticides are meant to kill Most pesticides also kill - Answer non-target organisms Broad-spectrum pesticides - Answer kill a variety of organisms