Site Evaluation
This term refers to a property or part of a property where turf and ornamental practices are applied.
What is a site?
This order, meaning "scale wings," includes moths and butterflies, and undergoes complete metamorphosis.
What is Lepidoptera?
This disorder occurs when most worker bees in a colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, food, and a few nurse bees.
What is Colony Collapse Disorder
A key advantage of IPM is that it helps reduce reliance on this.
What are pesticides?
A method of asexual reproduction where new plants develop from rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, cuttings, or grafts.
What is vegetative propagation?
Tilling, watering, pruning, fertilizing, and mowing are all examples of this type of plant management method.
What are cultural practices?
These insects capture prey.
What are predators?
The process of injecting fertilizers or pesticides through an irrigation system is known as this.
What is chemigation?
This U.S. agency was established to regulate pesticides and protect the environment.
What is the EPA?
his tissue conducts sugars and metabolic products from the leaves, while this tissue conducts water and dissolved minerals from the roots upward.
What are phloem and xylem?
The optimal soil pH range for most plants is within this range.
What is 6.0 – 7.0?
This order means "two wings" and includes flies, mosquitoes, gnats, and midges, and undergoes complete metamorphosis.
What is Diptera?
This term describes a pesticide that remains effective even after rainfall or irrigation.
What is rainfast?
This scientist’s work led to increased awareness of pesticide dangers and influenced stricter regulations.
Who is Rachel Carson?
This type of herbicide targets only certain types of plants while leaving others unaffected.
What is a selective herbicide?
The influences of site conditions such as exposure, soil type, and moisture on plants are known as this.
What are location effects?
These insects tunnel inside the trunks, branches, or roots of plants.
What are borers?
These types of soils are most prone to leaching.
What are sandy soils?
These two advanced technologies are now being used in modern pest management.
What are AI and drones?
This list contains weeds that must be prevented from spreading, but complete eradication is not required.
What is the Control list?
The dry weight of soil divided by the soil volume is called this.
What is bulk density?
This order, meaning "membrane wings," includes sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants, and undergoes complete metamorphosis.
What is Hymenoptera?
This phenomenon occurs when pesticide droplets or particles are carried away from the target area by wind, potentially affecting non-target plants, animals, or water sources.
What is pesticide particle drift?
This ancient civilization used ants as a natural method of pest control.
Who are the Chinese?
Powdery mildew and fungus gnats are examples of this type of plant problem.
What are biotic problems?