Biological Control
This watery extract can provide beneficial microbes to plant to stimulate defenses.
What is compost tea?
Spraying these pathogens would be considered using what?
What is a biopesticide?
These are the main pesticides (category) that are used in the United States.
What are herbicides?
This is when a secondary pest becomes a major pest.
What is replacement?
This type of BC you would want to find natural enemies in the country of origin of an exotic pest.
What is Importation BC?
These are glands that produce nectar outside of a flower.
What are extra-floral nectaries?
This would be the least desired type of pesticide because of effects on beneficial species.
What are broad spectrum pesticides?
Gloves, boots and respirators are all examples of this.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for pesticide applicators.
Occurs when pests are resistant to 2 or more pesticides due to the same physiological mechanism.
What is cross-resistance?
This type of NE lives off of one host, killing it.
What is a parasitoid?
Using this would help provide overwintering habitat and resources.
What is cover cropping?
This country uses more pesticides than any other.
What is China?
The acronym for this is MSDS.
What are Material Safety Data Sheets?
This is a positive feedback loop regarding pesticide use.
What is the "Pesticide Treadmill"?
This type of parasitoid would be able to kill its host before it can do any damage.
What is a oviparasitoid or egg parasitoid?
These can be hung in the canopy to avoid predation in the soil.
What is a sachet?
These are the three signal words indicating toxicity.
What are DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION?
These can only be purchased/applied by licensed personnel.
What are Restricted Use pesticides?
This is when pests are resistant to 2 or more pesticides via several different physiological mechanisms.
What is multiple-resistance?
The organization responsible for vetting potential natural enemies brought in for Classical Biological Control.
What is APHIS- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service?
Intercropping is the basis for this theory where ovipositioning is not likely to happen due non-host plants disrupting the pest process.
What is the appropriate/inappropriate landing theory?
These mimic hormones, such as those that regulate molting and growth.
What are insect growth regulators?
These types of pesticides generally have simple elemental forms.
What are inorganic pesticides?
The term used when a small amount of a stressor stimulates an organism, which plays a role in resurgence.
What is hormoligosis?
This can happen when there are multiple natural enemies present, especially if some are generalists.
What is intraguild predation?