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Dandelions - ANS has a flattened rosette of narrow leaves
Dallisgrass - ANS grows in clumps but has short, stout rhizomes; about the same texture as
St. Augustinegrass; produces unsightly seedheads; tends to grow faster than turfgrasses after
mowing; difficult to control
Sedges - ANS Yellow and purple nutsedge
Pitfall traps work for - ANS billbugs
Pheromone traps work for - ANS adult japanese beetle, black cutworm moth, larger sod
webworm moth
Light traps work for - ANS moths of cutworms,sod webworms, night flying beetles
Flotation - ANS chinch bugs
soap/water flush - ANS finding mole crickets, sod webworms, army worms, and catapillars
2 ounces dishsoap to 4 gallons of water
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, Root feeders - ANS japanese beetle, green june beetle, masked chafer, oriental beetle, mole
cricket, and ground pearls
pests that mature complete meteamorphisis - ANS moth, beetle, cutworm, army worm, sod
webworm, and billbug
Perrennial grasses - ANS Dallis grass,is fast growing warm season grass with reddish looking
leaf sheath, bloated fat and hairy
Broadleaf weeds - ANS prostate spurge, common chickweed, henbit, dandelion, plantains,
white clover, and wild garlic
disease pyramid - ANS enviroment, pathogen, host and time
if any are missing no disease will occur
disorders - ANS caused by unfavorable conditios such as extreme temps, soil compaction,
injury from machines or chemicals, or too little or too much water, fertilizer, and light
diseases - ANS caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses
Brown patch (rhitzoctonia blight) - ANS Common disease of tall fescue
irregular rings,patches brown, tan foliage
avoid excessive irrigation and high nitrogen in warm temps
large patch - ANS disease of warm season grass
irregular brown,yeloow, orange patches 1 to ft in diameter
no fertlilizer 6 wks. before winter dormacy
systemic fungicides - ANS translocate w/in plant and can control fungi already in plant
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
AND TURF FOR NC EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026 UPDATE.
Dandelions - ANS has a flattened rosette of narrow leaves
Dallisgrass - ANS grows in clumps but has short, stout rhizomes; about the same texture as
St. Augustinegrass; produces unsightly seedheads; tends to grow faster than turfgrasses after
mowing; difficult to control
Sedges - ANS Yellow and purple nutsedge
Pitfall traps work for - ANS billbugs
Pheromone traps work for - ANS adult japanese beetle, black cutworm moth, larger sod
webworm moth
Light traps work for - ANS moths of cutworms,sod webworms, night flying beetles
Flotation - ANS chinch bugs
soap/water flush - ANS finding mole crickets, sod webworms, army worms, and catapillars
2 ounces dishsoap to 4 gallons of water
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Root feeders - ANS japanese beetle, green june beetle, masked chafer, oriental beetle, mole
cricket, and ground pearls
pests that mature complete meteamorphisis - ANS moth, beetle, cutworm, army worm, sod
webworm, and billbug
Perrennial grasses - ANS Dallis grass,is fast growing warm season grass with reddish looking
leaf sheath, bloated fat and hairy
Broadleaf weeds - ANS prostate spurge, common chickweed, henbit, dandelion, plantains,
white clover, and wild garlic
disease pyramid - ANS enviroment, pathogen, host and time
if any are missing no disease will occur
disorders - ANS caused by unfavorable conditios such as extreme temps, soil compaction,
injury from machines or chemicals, or too little or too much water, fertilizer, and light
diseases - ANS caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses
Brown patch (rhitzoctonia blight) - ANS Common disease of tall fescue
irregular rings,patches brown, tan foliage
avoid excessive irrigation and high nitrogen in warm temps
large patch - ANS disease of warm season grass
irregular brown,yeloow, orange patches 1 to ft in diameter
no fertlilizer 6 wks. before winter dormacy
systemic fungicides - ANS translocate w/in plant and can control fungi already in plant
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
