Georgia Pesticide Exam - Category 24 Questions with correct Answers
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Georgia Pesticide Exam - Category 24
Questions with correct Answers
IPM Principle #1 -Correct Answer-determine the exact pest you are dealing with (or if it's not a
pest at all, but a problem with nutrition or water, etc.)
healthy plants -Correct Answer-have fewer pest problems; are less likely...
Georgia Pesticide Exam - Category 24 Questions with correct Answers IPM Principle #1 -Correct Answer -determine the exact pest you are dealing with (or if it's not a pest at all, but a problem with nutrition or water, etc.) healthy plants -Correct Answer -have fewer pest problems; are less likely to be seriously damaged when pests do occur use pesticides -Correct Answer -only when needed indicator plants -Correct Answer -plants that are first affected by pests (example -- check rose bushes to see if you have a Japanese beetle problem, as they are the first place they will go) Cultural control methods -Correct Answer -placement of plants, irrigation, fertilization (choosing correct site is key) biological control -Correct Answer -the control of a pest by the introduction of a natural enemy or predator, such as nematodes or predator wasps mechanical control -Correct Answer -physical removal of invasive species (hand -weeding, trapping insects) chemical control -Correct Answer -pesticides, herbicides drift -Correct Answer -movement of pesticide through the air away from target site partic le drift -Correct Answer -movement of droplets or dust away from target area during pesticide application vapor drift -Correct Answer -Movement of pesticides as gaseous vapors from the target area (during or after application) buffer -Correct Answer -a non -treated zone between target area and sensitive areas, such as streams, ponds, and drains pesticides in the soil -Correct Answer -Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi Goal of IPM program (Integrated Pest Management) -Correct Answer -to produce healt hy plants that can resist pests hand lens for insect identification -Correct Answer -5 power to 10 power cultural practice for turgrass -Correct Answer -proper cultivar selected, proper site prep, mowing, thatch removal, correct watering and fertilization Fescue and Kentucky bluegrass -Correct Answer -cool season grass Bermudagrass, Centipedegrass, Zoysiagrass, Bahiagrass -Correct Answer -warm season grasses perennial ryegrass used for -Correct Answer -overseeding warm season grass for winter color Piedmont regi on -Correct Answer -transitional zone (in Southeast) where both warm and cool season grasses are used Mountains -Correct Answer -southeast geographical region where cool season grasses do well Cultivars -Correct Answer -genetically different groups within a s pecies proper mowing height -Correct Answer -removes no more than 1/3 of the grass blade thatch -Correct Answer -the layer of living and dead plant stems, leaves and roots that develops between the soil surface and green vegetation thatch layer -Correct Answ er-should not be more than 1/2 inch thick aeration -Correct Answer -reduces soil compaction by allowing air and water to reach the roots proper mowing means -Correct Answer -using sharp blades to make a clean cut cool season cultivars -Correct Answer -Can be mixed to minimize disease cutworms (black and bronze) -Correct Answer -Larvae of several species of moths that hide in the soil or in aeration holes during the day and emerge to feed and cause damage to turf at night armyworm -Correct Answer -striped caterpillars that feed on turf, sometimes in groups that "mow" the turf; continuous generations -- development merely slows down in winter hunting billbug (zoysia billbug) -Correct Answer -their grubs bore into stems of gras ses, leaving hollow stems and sawdust -like waste. Grubs have a brown head and are legless. cutworm larva -Correct Answer -1 to 1.25" long Hairy Chinch Bug -Correct Answer -discolors turf by sucking juices out of leaves and stems; associated with cool season grasses Southern Chinch Bug -Correct Answer -does not survive heavy freezes; feeds in groups, by sucking juices out of grass stems and leaves Japanese beetle -Correct Answer -adults more of a problem in the South; grubs feed at soil -thatch junction (grubs mo re problematic with cool -season turf). Green June Beetle -Correct Answer -grubs (white with brown spots) feed on thatch at night, pushing up mounds of soil and uprooting grass seedlings. Grubs crawl on their backs once on the surface.
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