Pest - correct answer An undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances
Pathogens
... [Show More] - correct answer Disease causing organisms
Four Main Groups of Pest Organisms - correct answer 1. Weeds
2. Invertebrates
3. Pathogens
4. Vertebrates
Weed - correct answer Undesirable plant
Invertebrate Examples - correct answer Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails, slugs
Pathogen Examples - correct answer Bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes, mycoplasmas, and other microorganisms
Vertebrate Examples - correct answer Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, rodents, and other mammals
Importance of Pest Identification - correct answer Applicators can learn about its life cycle, behavior, characteristic damage, factors that favor its development, susceptible life stages, and known control methods. Could cause pest control success or failure.
6 Pest Management Methods - correct answer 1. Biological
2. Chemical
3. Cultural
4. Genetic
5. Mechanical/Physical
6. Regulatory
Biological Control - correct answer Use of natural enemies to control pests.
Avicide - correct answer Control or repel pest birds
Bactericide - correct answer Control bacteria
Chemosterilants - correct answer Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates
Defoliants - correct answer Causes leaves to drop from plants
Desiccants - correct answer Promote drying or loss of moisture from plant tissues and insects
Disinfectants - correct answer Control microorganisms
Fungicide - correct answer Control fungi
Growth Regulators - correct answer Alter growth or development of plant or animal
Herbicide - correct answer Control weeds
Insecticide - correct answer Control insects and related arthropods
Miticide - correct answer (Acaricide) Control mites
Molluscicides - correct answer Control snails and slugs
Nematicides - correct answer Control nematodes
Ovicides - correct answer Destroy eggs
Pheromone - correct answer Attract insects
Piscicides - correct answer Control pest fish
Predacides - correct answer Control predatory vertebrates
Repellants - correct answer Repel insects, mites, ticks, pest vertebrates, invertebrates, birds, and mammals
Rodenticides - correct answer Controls rodents
Selective Pesticide - correct answer Toxic to some pests, but have little or no effect on others
Systemic Pesticide - correct answer Absorbed and translocated within a plant or animal
Contact Pesticide - correct answer Must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents
Persistence - correct answer How long a pesticide remains actives to control pest
Residual Pesticides - correct answer Control pests long term (ie weeks, months, or years)
Cultural Control - correct answer Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal, and survival [Show Less]