QAC CATEGORY B LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE TEST 2024
Perennial weeds are challenging to manage because... They can reproduce via
organs such as rhizomes, stolons, and tubers.
ANSWER Thysanoptera (Thrips) is an insect order known to carry plant
diseases.
Insect order of pests to living plants: Heteroptera (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - ANSWER: Instars
Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies) is the order of insects that suck fluids from
plant cells.
Nematodes commonly affect the roots and subsurface sections of plants.
Abiotic issues are plant disorders that are not transmissible between plants.
Ant insect order - ANSWER: Hymenoptera
Answer: Caterpillars are insects with chew
ing mouthparts.
Mites are a type of bug known as
an arthropod.
Insects that induce leaf stippling: Mites.
Life stages of complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Complete eradication of pest species -
, Pests that often inflict damage - ANSWER Key Pests.
Use of pre-emergence Pesticides are an example of preventive use.
Keeping pests below a given level - pest suppression.
ANSWER Mowing weeds is an example of both cultural and mechanical
control
Use of physical obstacles - ANSWER Exclusion
Rodent Control Method - ANSWER sanitation.
Inspecting plants before planting is a preventative management.
Removing weeds before seed production is sanitation.
Growing insect-resistant plants is a form of preventative.
Pesticide toxicity is evaluated by its LD50.
Pesticide toxicity: ANSWER capacity to cause injury
ANSWER: Post-emergent contact herbicide It causes injury to any part of the
plant it touches.
MAINTENANCE TEST 2024
Perennial weeds are challenging to manage because... They can reproduce via
organs such as rhizomes, stolons, and tubers.
ANSWER Thysanoptera (Thrips) is an insect order known to carry plant
diseases.
Insect order of pests to living plants: Heteroptera (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - ANSWER: Instars
Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies) is the order of insects that suck fluids from
plant cells.
Nematodes commonly affect the roots and subsurface sections of plants.
Abiotic issues are plant disorders that are not transmissible between plants.
Ant insect order - ANSWER: Hymenoptera
Answer: Caterpillars are insects with chew
ing mouthparts.
Mites are a type of bug known as
an arthropod.
Insects that induce leaf stippling: Mites.
Life stages of complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Complete eradication of pest species -
, Pests that often inflict damage - ANSWER Key Pests.
Use of pre-emergence Pesticides are an example of preventive use.
Keeping pests below a given level - pest suppression.
ANSWER Mowing weeds is an example of both cultural and mechanical
control
Use of physical obstacles - ANSWER Exclusion
Rodent Control Method - ANSWER sanitation.
Inspecting plants before planting is a preventative management.
Removing weeds before seed production is sanitation.
Growing insect-resistant plants is a form of preventative.
Pesticide toxicity is evaluated by its LD50.
Pesticide toxicity: ANSWER capacity to cause injury
ANSWER: Post-emergent contact herbicide It causes injury to any part of the
plant it touches.
