Pesticides
Pest controlled by Miticide
Mites & Ticks
Genetic Control
involves the use of genetically engineered organisms to fight pests.
What is an infectious disease in plants?
caused by living organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, or viruses that cause disease.
The reduction of pestidice costs is a benefit toward......
The Agriculture Industry
True or False: An infectious disease cannot be spread to other plants.
False. Infectious diseases CAN be spread to other plants.
What is used to control Nematodes?
Nematicide
What is Chemical Control
the use of pesticides to reduce pest populations.
What is a pathogen?
A living organism that causes a disease.
Economic Threshold
the number of insects per plant or the amount of damage to the plant that economically justifies the use of control measures
True or False: An insect has a classification of 4 legs and 6 wings.
False. An insect is classified to have 6 legs and 4 wings.
Pest controlled with Avicide
Birds
__________ is used to physically remove or exclude pests.
Daily Double: What is Regulatory Control?
Mechanical Control
Daily Double: Federal and state governments have created laws that prevent the entry or spread of known pests into uninfested areas.
What is an example of a noninfectious disease?
Examples of noninfectious disease include over watering, nutrient deficiencies, and air pollution damage.
What is the goal of pest management?
To avoid a profit reduction
What is Pest Resistance
the ability of an organism to tolerate a lethal level of a pesticide
Mites, Ticks, & Spiders are controlled by.......
Acaricide
________ used to make the crop environment unsuitable for pests to feed, live, or reproduce. It is also used to improve crop health.
Cultural Control
What are the 3 components of the disease triangle?
Pathogen
Susceptible Host
Environment
Economic Injury Level
the point at which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by a pest.
True or False: An insect has 3 body parts.
True.
Pest controlled by Molluscicide
Snails & Slugs
_______ refers to a pest’s ability to repopulate after control measures have been eliminated or reduced.
Pest resurgence
What type of plant is a plant that takes water and nutrients from other plants and gives nothing to them in return?
Parasitic Plant
Fewer residue on food is a benefit toward.....
Why are ants a beneficial insect?
They aerate the soil for more oxygen and carbon dioxide to go through the soil.