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APPLYING PESTICIDES CORRECTLY
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APPLYING PESTICIDES CORRECTLYWhat federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - Answers -EPA
FIFRA - Answers -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Federal law that
provides the overall framework for the federal pesticide program.
What statement about FIFRA is false? - Answers -State restrictions on pesticides can
be more liberal than those of FIFRA.
Which statements about FIFRA are true? - Answers -Approve pesticide labels have the
force of law.
The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market.
FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products.
Which applicator class would a person who is employed by a government agency and
applies restricted use pesticides to Fl state highway right-of-ways fall into? - Answers -
Public 1
Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application
of pesticides to homes and private lawns? - Answers -FDACS Bureau of Entomology
and Pest Control
Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Fl laws that govern
applicator licensing? - Answers -FDACS
Which applicator class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their
own property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - Answers -Private
Which applicator class would persons engage in public health or nuisance pest control
work fall into? - Answers -Public 2
What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? -
Answers -Key pest
Biomagnification - Answers -the tendency for certain pesticides to progressively become
more concentrated in each type of organism when moving from the bottom to the top
organism within a food chain
Bioaccumulation - Answers -the accumulation of toxic substances, such as pesticides,
or other organic chemicals in an organism that occurs when the substance is absorbed
at a rate greater than that at which the substance is lost
, Mode of Action - Answers -how the pesticide works - specific system(s) in the pest that
are affected by the pesticide.
Persistence - Answers -length of time a pesticide remains active to control pests
Economic Threshold - Answers -the level where the economic losses caused by pest
damage, if the pest population continued to grow, would be greater than the cost of
controlling the pests
Residual Pesticide - Answers -pesticide that controls pests for weeks, months, or even
years
Systemic Pesticide (translocated) - Answers -pesticides that are absorbed by the pest
and then transported within the treated pest
What is a pest - Answers -anything that competes with humans, domestic animals, or
desirable plants for food or water.
Injures humans, animals, desirable plants, structures ,or possessions.
Spreads disease to humans, domestic animals, wildlife, or desirable plants.
Annoys humans or domestic animals.
Pest Mgmt Methods - Answers --biological control
-mechanical control
-cultural control
-physical/environmental modification
-host resistance or genetic control
-chemical control
-regulatory methods
Biological Control - Answers -directed against pests that are not native to a
geographical area.
Mechanical Control - Answers -involves the use of devices, machines, and other
physical methods to control pests or alter their environment. Traps, screens, barriers,
fences, and nets are examples . Cultivation controls weeds. Plows, disks, mowers,
cultivators, and bed conditioners
Cultural Control - Answers -alter the environment, the condition of the host plant o site,
or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. Cultural practices an
sanitation are 2 examples of this control.
Cultural practices (ex of cultural control) - Answers -Turf, mowing, irrigation, aeration,
and fertilization of producing healthy turf and preventing pest buildup. In ag crops,
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