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Perennial weeds are difficult to control because... - ✔✔They can reproduce from organs like
rhizomes, stolons, tubers
Insect order known to transmit plant disease - ✔✔Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Insect order of pests to living plants - ✔✔Heteroptera (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - ✔✔Instars
Insect order that suck juices from plant cells - ✔✔Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies)
Part of plant nematodes often attack - ✔✔Roots & underground parts
Plant disorder that cannot be transmitted between plants - ✔✔Abiotic problems
Ant insect order - ✔✔Hymenoptera
Insects with chewing mouthparts - ✔✔Caterpillars
, What kind of insect are mites - ✔✔arthropods
Insects that cause leaf stippling - ✔✔Mites
Life stages of complete metamorphosis - ✔✔egg, larva, pupa, adult
Complete elimination of pest species - ✔✔eradication
Pests that cause damage on a regular basis - ✔✔Key Pests
Use of preemergence pesticide is an example of - ✔✔preventive use
Keeping pests below a certain level - ✔✔pest suppression
example of cultural and mechanical control - ✔✔Mowing weeds
use of physical barriers - ✔✔exclusion
Method for controlling rodents - ✔✔sanitation
Inspecting plants before planting is - ✔✔preventive control
Removing weeds before seed production is - ✔✔sanitation
growing plants resistant to insects is - ✔✔prevention
Pesticide toxicity is measured by its - ✔✔LD50
Pesticide toxicity - ✔✔capacity to cause injury
Post-emergent contact herbicide - ✔✔Causes injury to any part of the plant it touches