Rights-of-way Pest Management Exam Questions Marking Scheme New Update
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Rights-of-way Pest Management Exam Questions Marking Scheme New Update
is the use of all available tactics or strategies to manage pests so that acceptable control can be achieved. - Answers -Integrated Pest management
why must weeds and woody plants be managed on right of way? - Answers -saf...
Rights-of-way Pest Management Exam
Questions Marking Scheme New Update
is the use of all available tactics or strategies to manage pests so that acceptable
control can be achieved. - Answers -Integrated Pest management
why must weeds and woody plants be managed on right of way? - Answers -saftey,
access to facilities, decrease in maintenence costs, wildlife.
the first component of an effective pest management program is pest identification. -
Answers -true
When identifying the pest, what other information should be collected about the pest? -
Answers -pest life cycles, physiology, reproductive potential, and past control results
List several examples of different sites that might have site specific requirements -
Answers -urban, suburban, rural areas, dry upland, wetlands, popular tourist, scenic
areas, recreation areas.
Why should you monitor your control strategies? what information should be recorded?
- Answers -adjustments can be made when necessary. Records should include rate for
any pesticides applied, identification of equipment
list four categories of control methods. - Answers -biological, cultural, mechanical,
chemical control
how does shading work as a cultural control? where is it often used? - Answers -floats
of black plastic on water, adding dye to water. aquatic weed control.
how have public attitudes changed about vegetation and its control in rights-of-way? -
Answers -more selective approach is being used in terms of what plants are bad.
Why is it important to protect wetlands? - Answers -wildlife habitat, minimize bank and
shorline erosion along rivers and lakes.
Four stages of weed development and briefly describe each. - Answers -Seedling,
vegetative, seed production, maturity
list three plant types and briefly describe each - Answers -annual, biennials, perennials
what is the difference between a monocot and dicot plant - Answers -monocots - only
one leaf on seedlings and veins run parallel. fibrous root system.
Dicots - two leaves as they emerge from the seed, net like venation. taproot
, Grasses may be annual or perennial - Answers -true
How does a sedge differ from a grass - Answers -triangular stems. SEDGES HAVE
EDGES!
all actively growing broadleaf plants have ___________ at the end of each stem and in
each leaf axil. - Answers -exposed growing points. (terminal bud) and (auxiliary buds)
trees are annual plants? - Answers -false
how do ferns reproduce? - Answers -Spores and creeping rhizomes.
________ plants live on and get their food from host. - Answers -Parasitic seed plants
what are the classifications of aquatic plants? - Answers -Emergent, floating,
submergent, algae.
do you need a permit from the DNR to control aquatic plants? - Answers -yes
what tree has dark-brown, flat pods that are 3-4 inches long? - Answers -black locust
what tree has slender, bright red twigs in the winter that turn light gray and prefers
swamps and stream banks? - Answers -red maple
what tree has 3 different shaped leaves? the bark is dark red-brown, orange when cut
with a knife. - Answers -Sassafras
What tree has round leaves with flat stems that are said to "quake" in the wind? -
Answers -Quaking aspen (trembling aspen) (poplar)
what perennial has a taproot, a bright blue flower and smooth milky sap. - Answers -
Chicory
what weed smells like a carrot? - Answers -wild carrot
which thistle is a perennial and has a greater root system: Canada or musk thistle? -
Answers -Canada thistle
cattails must have their leaves and flower spikes above water to survive? - Answers -
true.
Root-absorbed herbicides are generally more effective when applied postemergence. -
Answers -true
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