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Body of an adult insect has 3 regions head,thorax and abdomen? true
By which characteristics can we distinguish mites from insects, # of legs, # of body regions or type of mouthpart All of the above
The four mouuthparts found on insects are: siphoning, piercing-sucking and chewing
The 4 life stages of an insect that goes complete metamorphosis are: egg, adult, pupa and larva
The types of plant damage caused by insects are: defoliation, internal feeding, stem boring and root feeding.
An aphid is an example of a: Plant sucking pest.
Honeydew is a fungus that covers the leaves of aphid invested plants? false
Symptoms of plant damage caused by sucking pest can include wilt, dead areas, ________ Stunting and curling.
All mites found on plants are plant pest? false
The first step in pest control is to learn what control tactics are available? false
It is not alsways economicalyl justifiable to spray a crop if the damage or pest levels are below the economical threshold? true
Insecticides with short residual activity are usually less likely to kill the benificial parasites of insects that are long residual insecticides? true
Repeat use of the same compound for a long periods will help prevent the development of insecticide resistant pest poppulations? false
Insects that have many generations per yr and produce many offspring per yr are more likely to develope resistance to an insectiside than those pest reproducing less frequently with fewer offspring? True
All insects are pest? False
One of the earliest uses of a chemical as a pesticide was the burning of sulfur? True
A major concern involving the use of chemical pesticides is the development of pesticide resistant pest? True
THe process by which organisms in a food chain accumulate progressively greater residues of pesticides in their bodies is called? Biomagnification.
Persistence in the enviroment is always a desirable pesticide characteristic? False
The responsibility of the US EPA is to protect human and enviromental health? True
Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest control? Wind, rain, cultivation, sunshine or topographic features? Topographic
Which of the following is a cultural control method? Fertilizer, planting time, crop rotation or pruning? All the above.
All pesticides kill only the target pest? false
The use of plants resistant to pests is an example of which control method? genetic control
The goal of a pest managment program is to eradicate the pest? false
Pest control that involves the use of numerous control tactics is called? Integrated pest managment.
The first step in a pest managment system is to identify the the pest? True
Monitoring weather conditions can be helpful in predicting an outbreak of certain insects and diseases? True
When the pest reaches the ________________ pest management procedures need to be applied to prevent the pest population from reaching an economically danaging density Economic Threshold.
weeds may be grasses or broadleaves? true
weeds are known by the same common name everywhere in the us? false
rotating crops from yr to yr has no effect on reducing weed populations because all weeds grow equally well in crops? false
established perennial weeds are more difficult to control than annual weeds because? perennial weeds have large reserves of stored energy which will support life after treatment with herbicides.
photosynthetic-inhibiting herbicides prevent treated plants from using sunlight? true
the best times to treat established perennial weeds are in the early fall or spring? true
keeping the crops or desired plants vigorous and healthy with weeds is an example of __________ weed control cultural
chemical control of weeds germinating from seed is most effective ___________ in a seedling stage.
in herbicide selection, the important questions are what crop is being grown and what weed is to be controlled? true
a Herbacie that can be applied too weeds with out injury to an established crop, and is absorbed by weed roots to be translocated throughout the plant Soil-systemic-slective
Establised bienniel and perennial weeds will usually recover following treatment by which type of herbicide foliage-ccontact-nonselective
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