IPM FINAL - Updated Study Guide
What is Integrated Pest Management? - Answer An informed sustainable approach to
managing plants and pests by combing cultural, physical, biological, and chemical
tactics that minimize economic, health, and environmental risks.
What are the two most important factors of an IPM program? - Answer 1. Record
keeping 2. Monitoring program
List the 3 goals of an IPM program - Answer 1. Protect key plant 2. Build historical
record 3. Make informed decisions
List the principles of plant disease control - Answer 1. Exclusion 2. Eradication 3.
Resistance 4. Protection
Define mode of action - Answer How an AI interferes with fungal growth
List 2 fungicide tactics that help reduce resistance problems - Answer 1. Tank mix 2.
Rotate modes of action 3. Follow label rates
Name 3 contact fungicides - Answer Chlorothalonil (Daconil), Mancozeb (Fore),
Fluazinam (Secure), Ethazole (Koban)
Define biological control - Answer Use of an organism or byproducts of living organisms
to suppress or kill pathogen
Why practice IPM? - Answer Pro-active, Dynamic, Holistic
What 4 advantages does IPM practice afford you? - Answer 1. Economics 2.
Environmental 3. Public relations 4. Professionalism
What is the Key pest/Key plant concept? - Answer Know the key plants in your
landscape and the key pests that attack it.
What 2 practices are critical to an IPM program? - Answer 1. Scouting 2. Diagnostics
List and define 3 types of thresholds used in an IPM program - Answer 1. Economic-
budgeting
2. Action- intervention may be needed
3. Tolerance- emotion
What are 2 disadvantages of using beneficial insects in your IPM program? - Answer 1.
May create a monoculture
2. May wipe out microbial population
, What is a disclosing solution? - Answer An insect diagnosis. add 2 gallons of water with
1 oz. of dish soap. apply to area. identify and count as insects emerge.
How can you use a pitfall trap? - Answer Capture insects that walk along turf. Put cup or
can in ground. Insects fall into it.
Define plant phenology - Answer Using signal plants to determine when certain pests
will persist. Ex. Forsythia turning yellow/green is an indicator for annual bluegrass
weevil control.
What is pesticide resistance? - Answer Adjustment made by pests to withstand toxic
effects of pesticides.
What is microbial degradation? - Answer Selection of soil microbes that feed on
pesticides
What is an easy way to cause resistance or microbial degradation? - Answer Constant
application of the same product. NOT tank mixing and rotating MOA.
Define efficacy - Answer How well the material works
Name 2 ways to increase resistance of the turf grass to pest attack - Answer 1.
Endophyte enhanced seed/grass species
2. Diverse turf stand
List 3 ways pesticides are named - Answer 1. Chemical class
2. Common name
3. Trade name
Compare fungicide and fungi stat - Answer Fungicide kills fungus, Fungistat suppresses
growth
List 3 types of penetrant fungicides - Answer Azoxystrobin (Heritage), Fosetyl-al
(Signature), Propamocarb (Banol)
For fungicides, what is topical mode of action? - Answer Identifies location, on or in the
plant, where the toxic effect takes place
How can fungicide resistance be avoided? - Answer Tank mix and rotate MOA
What does irrigation do for fungi? - Answer Helps create a favorable environment and
acts as a transportation device to other hosts.
Define degree days - Answer A method used to predict when a pest will develop. Add
low temp. of the day with the high temp. of the day divide by 2 and subtract 50.
What is Integrated Pest Management? - Answer An informed sustainable approach to
managing plants and pests by combing cultural, physical, biological, and chemical
tactics that minimize economic, health, and environmental risks.
What are the two most important factors of an IPM program? - Answer 1. Record
keeping 2. Monitoring program
List the 3 goals of an IPM program - Answer 1. Protect key plant 2. Build historical
record 3. Make informed decisions
List the principles of plant disease control - Answer 1. Exclusion 2. Eradication 3.
Resistance 4. Protection
Define mode of action - Answer How an AI interferes with fungal growth
List 2 fungicide tactics that help reduce resistance problems - Answer 1. Tank mix 2.
Rotate modes of action 3. Follow label rates
Name 3 contact fungicides - Answer Chlorothalonil (Daconil), Mancozeb (Fore),
Fluazinam (Secure), Ethazole (Koban)
Define biological control - Answer Use of an organism or byproducts of living organisms
to suppress or kill pathogen
Why practice IPM? - Answer Pro-active, Dynamic, Holistic
What 4 advantages does IPM practice afford you? - Answer 1. Economics 2.
Environmental 3. Public relations 4. Professionalism
What is the Key pest/Key plant concept? - Answer Know the key plants in your
landscape and the key pests that attack it.
What 2 practices are critical to an IPM program? - Answer 1. Scouting 2. Diagnostics
List and define 3 types of thresholds used in an IPM program - Answer 1. Economic-
budgeting
2. Action- intervention may be needed
3. Tolerance- emotion
What are 2 disadvantages of using beneficial insects in your IPM program? - Answer 1.
May create a monoculture
2. May wipe out microbial population
, What is a disclosing solution? - Answer An insect diagnosis. add 2 gallons of water with
1 oz. of dish soap. apply to area. identify and count as insects emerge.
How can you use a pitfall trap? - Answer Capture insects that walk along turf. Put cup or
can in ground. Insects fall into it.
Define plant phenology - Answer Using signal plants to determine when certain pests
will persist. Ex. Forsythia turning yellow/green is an indicator for annual bluegrass
weevil control.
What is pesticide resistance? - Answer Adjustment made by pests to withstand toxic
effects of pesticides.
What is microbial degradation? - Answer Selection of soil microbes that feed on
pesticides
What is an easy way to cause resistance or microbial degradation? - Answer Constant
application of the same product. NOT tank mixing and rotating MOA.
Define efficacy - Answer How well the material works
Name 2 ways to increase resistance of the turf grass to pest attack - Answer 1.
Endophyte enhanced seed/grass species
2. Diverse turf stand
List 3 ways pesticides are named - Answer 1. Chemical class
2. Common name
3. Trade name
Compare fungicide and fungi stat - Answer Fungicide kills fungus, Fungistat suppresses
growth
List 3 types of penetrant fungicides - Answer Azoxystrobin (Heritage), Fosetyl-al
(Signature), Propamocarb (Banol)
For fungicides, what is topical mode of action? - Answer Identifies location, on or in the
plant, where the toxic effect takes place
How can fungicide resistance be avoided? - Answer Tank mix and rotate MOA
What does irrigation do for fungi? - Answer Helps create a favorable environment and
acts as a transportation device to other hosts.
Define degree days - Answer A method used to predict when a pest will develop. Add
low temp. of the day with the high temp. of the day divide by 2 and subtract 50.
