IL Pesticide Applicator General Standards with Correct Solutions 2025

IL Pesticide Applicator General Standards with Correct Solutions 2024 integrated pest management - Answer -IPM. plant protection recommended for efficient pest control with minimal environmental impact IPM goals - Answer -to keep pest populations below the economic injury in production crops and below the aesthetic injury level in non-crop and ornamental plants and... to avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife and the environment and... to OPTIMIZE not MAXIMIZE pest control aesthetic - Answer -desirable "look", beauty non-IPM goal - Answer -the elimination of ALL pests economic threshold - Answer -the number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which CONTROL MEASURES should be taken economic injury level - Answer -the BREAK-EVEN point at which the cost of pest control equals the REVENUE LOSS caused by a pest aesthetic injury level - Answer -enough DAMAGE to plant to warrant the cost of control cultural control - Answer -improves crop health in order to make the crop better able to compete against pests. examples: mulches-to control weeds, smother crops-to control weeds growing in oats, grass or ground cover, crop rotation, selecting resistant plants resistant varieties - Answer -the most efficient method of disease control in most plantings mechanical control - Answer -physical elimination of the pest. examples: hand pulling hoeing, rotary hoeing, cultivating, mowing, pruning, screening and sheet metal to keep rodents and birds away biological control - Answer -the use of living organisms to reduce pest populations to economically acceptable levels. examples: insects, diseases, or parasitic plants can be used as control agents to reduce weed competitivenesspreventive control - Answer -helps prevent the spread and entry of pests. examples: quarantines, inspections, regulations enforced chemical control - Answer -an integral part of an IPM program. Pesticides offer an economical and dependable method of pest control. pesticide failure - Answer -. applying the wrong type of pesticide . applying the pesticide at the wrong time . failure to apply pesticide at the right location of the infested part of the plant . applying a pesticide to a resistant pest insect identification - Answer -adults have 3 pairs of jointed legs( 6 LEGS) and three distinct body regions, the HEAD, THORAX and ABDOMENT, TWO PAIRS OF WINGS incomplete development of insect - Answer -3 life stages . eggs HATCH into NYMPHS that become ADULTS . adults MATE and LAY eggs to to complete the cycle complete development - Answer -4 life stages . eggs HATCH into LARVAE, that become PUPAE . adults emerge from PUPAE and MATE before LAYING eggs pupal stage - Answer -the resting stage, the insect doesn't feed and is not very active insect relatives - Answer -mites, predatory mites, ticks, spiders, they are closely related to insects mites - Answer -4 pairs of jointed legs (8 legs), spider-like, pinhead in size, wingless and soft bodied predatory mites - Answer -feed on other mites, they can be used to control plant feeding mites. some predatory mites feed on people and animals, CHIGGERS, SCABIES MITE, NORTHERN FOWL MITE, TROPICAL RAT MITE, and MANGE MITE. They also transmit diseases via; dog tick, lone star tick, deer tick, fowl, tick and cattle tick spiders - Answer -have 4 pairs of legs (8 legs), two distinct body regions and sucking mouth parts Federal Migratory Bird Act and State of Illinois conservation laws - Answer -all birds are protected by these laws, except STARLINGS, HOUSE SPARROWS and FERAL PIGEONS weeds - Answer -a plant growing where it is not wanted, or, " a plant out of place". they are undesirable, weed identification - Answer -the 1st step in planning a successful weed control program. 3 things to know: type of plant, life cycle and method of reproductionannual weeds - Answer -complete their cycle in 1 year biennial weeds - Answer -complete their cycle in 2 years a rosette is a low growing cluster of leaves perennial - Answer -live for more than 2 years...think WILDFLOWERS, herbaceous or woody. pesticide - Answer -any CHEMICAL used to DESTROY, PREVENT or CONTROL any form of life declared to a pest. acaricide (miticide) - Answer -for mites and ticks avicide - Answer -for non protected birds herbicide - Answer -for plants insecticide - Answer -for insects nematicide - Answer -for nematodes (worms) piscicide - Answer -fish