Pest Basics
What is the term for any organism that harms or damages plants?
What is a pest?
Name any one of the four main groups of plant pests.
What are weeds, invertebrates, vertebrates, or disease agents?
Weeds compete with crops for water, nutrients, and ____.
What is light?
This large group of invertebrates can harm plants and includes insects, nematodes, snails, and slugs.
What are invertebrate pests?
These pests have backbones and include birds and mammals.
What are vertebrate pests?
What is one major reason growers struggle with pests?
What are energy, time, and expense?
These pests can range from tiny nematodes to larger rodents?
What are invertebrates and vertebrates?
Some weed seeds can stay dormant for up to how many years?
What is 20 years?
How many body parts do insects have?
What is three (head, thorax, abdomen)?
Name one type of bird that can be considered a pest to crops.
What are pigeons, crows, or sparrows?
This is essential to controlling pest populations effectively.
What is accurate identification?
This pest category includes bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
What are disease agents?
True or False: All weeds reproduce only by seeds.
What is false?
These invertebrates have eight legs and two body parts.
What are ticks, mites, and spiders?
his small mammal pest can harm crops by eating or damaging them.
What are rodents?
These organisms can damage leaves, stems, roots, and fruits.
What are plant pests?
This group of pests competes with crops for water, nutrients, and sunlight.
What are weeds?
Weeds can also serve as homes for these two types of pests.
What are insects and plant diseases?
These mollusks thrive in cool, moist areas and can damage plants.
What are snails and slugs?
Birds can damage crops, make noise, and cause harm to ____.
What are buildings?
In agriculture, this is an ongoing battle against various pests.
What is pest control?
These pests can be harmful by harboring diseases or pathogens.
What are vertebrate pests, specifically birds?
This is often defined as a plant "growing out of place."
What is a weed?
These unsegmented worms are plant parasites and can cause significant harm.
What are nematodes?
Vertebrate pests can carry and spread these, which harm plants and animals.
What are pathogens?