Insects
Nematodes and Diseases
Weeds
Controlling Pests
IPM
100
Anything that causes injury or loss to a plant
What is a pest.
100
Appendage-less non-segmented worm like invertebrates.
What are nematodes.
100
Chickweed, Henbit, Dandelion
What are three common weeds.
100
Cultural Practices, Biological Methods, Mechanical Methods, Chemical Methods, Genetic Methods, or Combination of any two listed above.
What are the 6 ways to control pests.
100
A pest management strategy that uses a combination of pest management practices.
What is integrated pest management?
200
Insects, Nematodes, Weeds, Diseases, and Rodents/Other Animals
What is the five categories of pests.
200
Abiotic and Biotic
What are the plant disease types.
200
Grasses, Broadleaf, and Sedges
What are the three classifications on weeds.
200
Lady Bugs, Praying Mantis, and the Assassin Bug
What are beneficial insects.
200
Practices that combine scientific research with practical knowledge to optimize yields an increase crop quality or aesthetic while minimizing environmental imapact and promoting environmental stewardship.
What is BMP.
300
Part of insect anatomy that determines it's food source.
What is it's mouth structure.
300
Primarily roots, sometimes leaves.
What is a nematode's food source.
300
A plant growing out of place
What is a weed?
300
A herbicide that kills a plants is a ________________ a herbicide that kills only certain plants is a _________________.
What is non-selective and selective.
300
The point at which plant losses are equal to the cost of control.
What is economic injury level?
400
Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis
What is the two life cycles of an insect.
400
Fungi, Bacteria, and Viruses
What are the organisms that cause disease.
400
Low pH soil, poor aeration, and poor drainage are ideal conditions for this plant.
What is moss?
400
A type of biotechnology that effects a plant on the cellular level.
What is molecular biotechnology?
400
Monitoring plants regularly to determine current levels of pest activity.
What is scouting?
500
Determine potential for damage, Assess potential environmental hazards and use control measures are all steps of what?
What is an insect control program.
500
Environmental and Parasitic
What are the two major types of disease.
500
Use of copper sulfate spray is a suggested control for these two pest.
What is algae and moss?
500
Insecticides, Nematicides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Bactericides
What are the different types of chemical pest control.
500
People knowledge, monitoring, pest densities, techniques, to manipulate pest populations, agents and materials.
What are the basic elements of IPM.