Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on long-term |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
prevention of pests or their damage through a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
combination of techniques such as biological control, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices,
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and use of resistant varieties
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Key Pests - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cause major damage
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on a regular basis unless you successfully manage them.
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Many weeds are these because they compete with
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desired plants for resources |\ |\ |\
Occasional Pest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Become pests |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
once in a while due to their life cycles, environmental
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conditions, or as a result of human activity. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Secondary Pests - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Are not |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
normally problems but become problems after a key pest
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is controlled. Some weed species become pests after
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more competitive weeds have been controlled.
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Prevention of pests - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Planting |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
weed free seeds or using a preemergent
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, Suppression - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reduce pest |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
numbers below an economic injury threshold or to a
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tolerable level. Ex: cultivating or mowing weeds and
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releasing biological control agents |\ |\ |\
Eradiaction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Total elimination of a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pet from a designated area.
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economic injury/treatment thresholds - CORRECT|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔The smallest number of insects (amount of
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injury) that will cause yield losses equal to the insect
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management costs. |\
The pest density at which management action should be
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taken to prevent an increasing pest population from
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reaching the economic injury level."|\ |\ |\ |\
Monitoring - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Checking a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
landscape to identify which pests are present, how many
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there are, and what damage they've caused. It helps
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determine the best management tools for the situation
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Key Components of IPM - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Identifying pests |\
2. Monitoring and assessing pest numbers, damage, and
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favorable field conditions. |\ |\