Alabama Pesticide Exam | NEWEST
EAM 2026-2027 | 100%PASS
Piercing-sucking pests -ANSWER Damage appears as stippling or mottling of foliage
Pests that cause Sooty mold/honeydew -ANSWER Aphids, soft scales, mealy bugs,
&whiteflies
Piercing/sucking pests without honey dew/sooty mold -ANSWER spidermites, lace bugs,
armored scales
Chewing insects -ANSWER Beetles, Grasshoppers, caterpillars, snails & slugs
Rasping / sucking insects -ANSWER Thrips
Disease -ANSWER abnormal function caused by a continuously irritating agent and
express by noticeable symptoms
Requirements for disease -ANSWER 1. disease agent
2. susceptible plant
3. favorite environment
symptom -ANSWER the visible effect produced in or on a plant by the presence of
pathogen or disease agent
sign -ANSWER an indication of a disease from direct visibility of the pathogen
Fungi -ANSWER - cause over 80% of plant disease, - reproduce by spores, - spread by
wind/rain/insects
- Kingdom Mycetae
Bacteria -ANSWER - kingdom Prokaryotes
- 200 species cause plant disease
- reproduce by binary fission
- infect plant wounds/ natural openings
- spread by wind & insects
viruses -ANSWER -500+ cause plant disease
- need live host
- obligate parasites
- nucleic acid & protein coat
- replicate within the host cell
- infect plants through wounds
- spread by insect/seed/animals
, Nematodes -ANSWER - small round worms
- kingdom -anamalia
- need live host
- use stylet to feed on plant cells
- 4 juvenile stages to adult form & over-winter egg stage
- 30 day generation time
- spread by soil transports
Azalea disease -ANSWER 1. Gall (exobasidium)
-- control via sanitation
2. Botrytis Blossom Blight / Ovulinia Blossom blight
-- control via sanitation
Camellia -ANSWER 1. Virus
-- control by removing plant
Crabapple -ANSWER 1. Cedar apple rust (gymnosporangium)
-- control by sanitation & eliminate alternate host /protective spray
Dogwood -ANSWER 1. Spot anthracnose
-- sanitation
Holly -ANSWER 1. Leaf spot (Fungal)
-- sanitation
Juniper -ANSWER 1. Phomopsis Blight
-- sanitation, protective sprays
Maple -ANSWER 1. Anthracnose (Kabatiella)
-- sanitation protective sprays
Pear -ANSWER 1. Fireblight (Erwinia)
-- sanitation blossom sprays
Photinia -ANSWER 1. Fireblight (Erwinia)
-- sanitation
2. entomosporium leaf spot
-- sanitation, protective sprays
Privet -ANSWER 1. Cercospora Leaf spot
Rose -ANSWER 1. black spot (diplocarpon)
2. cankers (fungal)
EAM 2026-2027 | 100%PASS
Piercing-sucking pests -ANSWER Damage appears as stippling or mottling of foliage
Pests that cause Sooty mold/honeydew -ANSWER Aphids, soft scales, mealy bugs,
&whiteflies
Piercing/sucking pests without honey dew/sooty mold -ANSWER spidermites, lace bugs,
armored scales
Chewing insects -ANSWER Beetles, Grasshoppers, caterpillars, snails & slugs
Rasping / sucking insects -ANSWER Thrips
Disease -ANSWER abnormal function caused by a continuously irritating agent and
express by noticeable symptoms
Requirements for disease -ANSWER 1. disease agent
2. susceptible plant
3. favorite environment
symptom -ANSWER the visible effect produced in or on a plant by the presence of
pathogen or disease agent
sign -ANSWER an indication of a disease from direct visibility of the pathogen
Fungi -ANSWER - cause over 80% of plant disease, - reproduce by spores, - spread by
wind/rain/insects
- Kingdom Mycetae
Bacteria -ANSWER - kingdom Prokaryotes
- 200 species cause plant disease
- reproduce by binary fission
- infect plant wounds/ natural openings
- spread by wind & insects
viruses -ANSWER -500+ cause plant disease
- need live host
- obligate parasites
- nucleic acid & protein coat
- replicate within the host cell
- infect plants through wounds
- spread by insect/seed/animals
, Nematodes -ANSWER - small round worms
- kingdom -anamalia
- need live host
- use stylet to feed on plant cells
- 4 juvenile stages to adult form & over-winter egg stage
- 30 day generation time
- spread by soil transports
Azalea disease -ANSWER 1. Gall (exobasidium)
-- control via sanitation
2. Botrytis Blossom Blight / Ovulinia Blossom blight
-- control via sanitation
Camellia -ANSWER 1. Virus
-- control by removing plant
Crabapple -ANSWER 1. Cedar apple rust (gymnosporangium)
-- control by sanitation & eliminate alternate host /protective spray
Dogwood -ANSWER 1. Spot anthracnose
-- sanitation
Holly -ANSWER 1. Leaf spot (Fungal)
-- sanitation
Juniper -ANSWER 1. Phomopsis Blight
-- sanitation, protective sprays
Maple -ANSWER 1. Anthracnose (Kabatiella)
-- sanitation protective sprays
Pear -ANSWER 1. Fireblight (Erwinia)
-- sanitation blossom sprays
Photinia -ANSWER 1. Fireblight (Erwinia)
-- sanitation
2. entomosporium leaf spot
-- sanitation, protective sprays
Privet -ANSWER 1. Cercospora Leaf spot
Rose -ANSWER 1. black spot (diplocarpon)
2. cankers (fungal)
