Maine Pesticide Exam Prep – Core Study Guide 2024/2025
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Maine
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Maine (UM)
Maine Pesticide Exam Prep – Core Study Guide 2024/2025
Earliest recorded use of chemical pest control - Answer️️ -sulfur burned
to control mites in 2500 b.c.
Hellabore - Answer️️ -plant derived insecticide used by Romans to
control lice
Nicotine - Answer️️ -used to control aphids...
Applied Controls - Answer✔️✔️-Pest control measures used by humans.
These include biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical control.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Answer✔️✔️-An agricultural practice
that uses a variety of techniques designed to minimize pesticide inputs
Steps of Integrated Pest Management - Answer✔️✔️-1. Identify the pest
2. Define the management system
3. Develop the management strategy
4. Develop reliable monitoring techniques
5. Use thresholds
Threshold - Answer✔️✔️-level or density of pest population where control
measures are needed
Injury Level - Answer✔️✔️-level of population density that causes loss equal
to that of the cost of the control level
3 body regions of insects - Answer✔️✔️-head, thorax, abdomen
4 types of insect mouthparts - Answer✔️✔️--chewing
-sponging
-siphoning
-piercing/sucking
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