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IPM - ANSWER Integrated Pest Management; Goals are provide economical pest control/protect the environment Not The Goal Of IPM - ANSWER Elimination of all pests Economic threshold/action threshold - ANSWER Number of pests per plant of amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin economic injury level - ANSWER breakeven point which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by pest aesthetic injury level - ANSWER number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control scouting - ANSWER key to a successful IPM program cultural control - ANSWER improves plant health so that plants are able to compete better against pests; soil preparation, fertility, proper planting, plant selection, crop rotation mechanical control - ANSWER physically eliminates the weed; hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking biological control - ANSWER uses living organisms to reduce pest populations; predators, parasites, pest disease preventative control - ANSWER helps prevent entry and spread of pests; quarantines inspections, certified seed, cleaning equipment chemical control - ANSWER herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, repellents, fumigants insect head - ANSWER contains sensory organs, mouth parts and brain insect thorax - ANSWER provides locomotion, legs and wings insect abdomen - ANSWER digestive, excretory, circulatory, respiratory, and reproductive organs prolegs - ANSWER additional legs; caterpillars/sawfly larvae incomplete development/simple metamorphosis - ANSWER egg, nymph, adult; stink bug, grasshopper, leafhopper complete development - ANSWER egg, larva, pupa, adult; Japanese beetle, honey bee, mosquito noninfectious diseases - ANSWER result of unfavorable growing conditions; cannot be