Pest Control
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| Biennial Weed | Biennials require two growing seasons to complete their life cycles. They usually produce vegetative growth the first year, then flower and set seed during the second year
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| Instars | A phase between two periods of molting in the development of an insect larva or other invertebrate animal.
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| Noxious Weed | A plant considered harmful to animals or the environment.
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| Vector | An organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
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| Nematodes | Any of a phylum (Nematoda or Nemata) of elongated cylindrical worms parasitic in animals or plants or free-living in soil or water
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| Insect | Any small invertebrate animal, especially one with several pairs of legs.
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| Chemical Control | Chemical pest controllers are pesticides used to destroy and eliminate annoying pests that contain chemicals unsafe for human consumption.
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| Metamorphosis | A change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.
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| Casual Agent | The biological pathogen that causes a disease, such as a virus, parasite, fungus, or bacterium.
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| Perennial Weed | Perennial weeds live for three or more years. Perennials produce new vegetative growth from growing points at or below the soil surface.
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| Hyphae | Each of the branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus.
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| Diseases | A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
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| Disease Triangle | One of the first concepts encountered by college students in an introductory plant pathology course
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| Bacteria | Microorganisms made up of a single cell that has no distinct nucleus.
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| Annual Weed | Annuals are plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season.
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| Biological Control | The control of a pest by the introduction of a natural enemy or predator.
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| Pesticide Resistance | The ability of a life form to develop a tolerance to a pesticide.
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| Cultural Control | The practice of modifying the growing environment to reduce the prevalence of unwanted pests.
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| Arachnid | A kind of animal that has eight legs and a body formed of two parts.
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| Viruses | An agent that is infectious that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
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| Eradication | The complete destruction of something.
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| Key Pest | An insect, mite, disease, nematode or weed that frequently results in unacceptable damage and thus typically requires a control action.
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| Quarantine | A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
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| Fungi | Any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.
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| Pathogens | A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
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| Compound | A chemical substance that is composed of more than one element.
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| Signal Words | The required word on the label that denotes the relative toxicity of the product.
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| Net Contents | The amount of pesticide in the container.
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| Carcinogen | A material capable of producing a cancerous tumor.
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| Toxicity | A measure of how poisonous a chemical is.
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| Xylem Tissue | Where water and minerals are transported within the plant.
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| Insecticides | Chemicals used to control insects.
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| Phloem Tissue | Responsible for the transporting of carbohydrates within the plant.
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| Common Name | Given to a pesticide by a recognized authority or pesticide nomenclature.
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| Symbols | A warning illustration located on a chemical container that warns of chemical toxicity to humans and animals.
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| Volatilization | Changing to gases.
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| Drift | The movement of a pesticide through the air to non-target sites.
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| Trade Name | The manufacturer's name for its product.
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| Element | A uniform substance that cannot be further decomposed by ordinary chemical means.
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| Formulation | The physical properties of a pesticide
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