Michigan Commercial Applicator Core Right-of-Way Latest 2024 Rated A+

Michigan Commercial Applicator Core Right-of-Way Latest 2024 Rated A+ Right-of-Ways highways and roads, utility stations and sub-stations, pipelines and stations, public drainage ways, railroads, airports, recreational paths Right-of Way "crop" the service the Right-of-Way provides Components of Right-of-Way IPM pest identification, monitoring, determination of site requirements, development and implementation of control strategies, and evaluating control strategies for effectiveness Pest Identification determine life cycles, physiology, reproductive potential, and past control results Monitoring determine size, life cycle, and resulting damage Site Specific Requirements consider the special nature of each area as you develop pest management strategies. ex: urban, rural, dry or wetland, wildlife habitat Develop Control Strategies that will provide effective, practical, economical and environmentally-sound control Records of Controls measure and starting date, rate of pesticide applied, equipment and crew, environmental conditions, effectiveness, and problems Controls biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical Allelopathy type of biological control that a plant produces a chemical the inhibit the growth of nearby plants Cultural Control creates optimal growing conditions for the plants you want to grow and unfavorable for pests. ex: time of planting, nurse crops, shading aquatic weeds, Mechanical Control are by machine or manual Chemical Control Pesticides Seedlings small, vulnerable plantlets Vegetative rapid growth producing stems, roots, and foliage. Water uptake is rapid and thorough Seed Production energy directed toward production of seed with water intake slow and directed to flower, fruit, and seed Maturity little or no energy production or movement of water Bushes woody plants with several stems under 10'. May spread by seed or sprouting roots Trees woody plants with usually one stem and over 10'. May spread by seed or sprouting roots Ferns do not produce seeds but reproduce by spores and creeping rhizomes Parasitic Seed Plants live on and get their food from the host plant and can severely stunt or kill host Emergent plants extend above the surface of water and have thick outer layer on thier leaves and stems. ex: cattails Floating all or part of the plant floats on the water surface and have thick outer layer on thier leaves and stems. ex: water-lilies Submergent all of plant grows beneath the water surface and have very thin outer layer on their leaves and stems Algae plants without true stems, leaves, or vascular systems. Categories as plankton, filamentous, and macroscopic fresh-water