VIRGINIA COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE
APPLICATOR 3A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
REVIEW PACK WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◍ All plants have environmental requirements and tolerances. Healthy
plants are resistant to infestation. Answer: Why are environmental
conditions important to plant health?
◍ Carbon dioxide and water. Answer: What are the raw materials plants
use to make food?
◍ Roots absorb water, take in oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, support
the plant, and store essential minerals. Answer: What are the functions of
plant roots?
◍ Monitoring is regularly checking the quantity, type, and resulting
damage of pests and diseases in an area. It helps decide on thresholds for
treatment.. Answer: Describe monitoring and its importance in IPM
◍ 1. Too little water
2. Low temps
3. High temps
,4. Salt buildup/overfertilization
5. Low humidity
6. Imbalanced PH
7. Mineral deficiency. Answer: What are 5 causes of wilted leaves?
◍ Photometer. Answer: What is the instrument used to measure light
levels?
◍ Hygrometer. Answer: What is the instrument used to measure
humidity?
◍ Litmus paper or a PH meter. Answer: What tool is used to measure
PH?
◍ Solubridge. Answer: What is the instrument used to measure soluble
salts in the soil?
◍ An ecological method of pest control that combines chemical and
nonchemical control techniques to maintain acceptable levels of plant
health and pest/beneficial insect populations.. Answer: Define Integrated
Pest Management
◍ - pest identification
- pest lifecycle
, - pest population size/distribution
- pest habits
- pest control options. Answer: What information is needed to maintain
an IPM program?
◍ - Risk of personal or environmental harm
- Risk of pesticide resistance. Answer: Why don't we just use pesticides?
◍ When growing plants for sale, it is the point at which pest damage
costs more than control implementation.. Answer: What is an economic
threshold?
◍ Impossible, impractical, and not necessary. Answer: What is
eradication?
◍ Human safety, environmental safety, efficacy, and economics..
Answer: What are the 4 priorities for pest management programs?
◍ - pest population density
- pest host plant
- severity/timeline of damage. Answer: What factors help determine
treatment thresholds?
APPLICATOR 3A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
REVIEW PACK WITH DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◍ All plants have environmental requirements and tolerances. Healthy
plants are resistant to infestation. Answer: Why are environmental
conditions important to plant health?
◍ Carbon dioxide and water. Answer: What are the raw materials plants
use to make food?
◍ Roots absorb water, take in oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, support
the plant, and store essential minerals. Answer: What are the functions of
plant roots?
◍ Monitoring is regularly checking the quantity, type, and resulting
damage of pests and diseases in an area. It helps decide on thresholds for
treatment.. Answer: Describe monitoring and its importance in IPM
◍ 1. Too little water
2. Low temps
3. High temps
,4. Salt buildup/overfertilization
5. Low humidity
6. Imbalanced PH
7. Mineral deficiency. Answer: What are 5 causes of wilted leaves?
◍ Photometer. Answer: What is the instrument used to measure light
levels?
◍ Hygrometer. Answer: What is the instrument used to measure
humidity?
◍ Litmus paper or a PH meter. Answer: What tool is used to measure
PH?
◍ Solubridge. Answer: What is the instrument used to measure soluble
salts in the soil?
◍ An ecological method of pest control that combines chemical and
nonchemical control techniques to maintain acceptable levels of plant
health and pest/beneficial insect populations.. Answer: Define Integrated
Pest Management
◍ - pest identification
- pest lifecycle
, - pest population size/distribution
- pest habits
- pest control options. Answer: What information is needed to maintain
an IPM program?
◍ - Risk of personal or environmental harm
- Risk of pesticide resistance. Answer: Why don't we just use pesticides?
◍ When growing plants for sale, it is the point at which pest damage
costs more than control implementation.. Answer: What is an economic
threshold?
◍ Impossible, impractical, and not necessary. Answer: What is
eradication?
◍ Human safety, environmental safety, efficacy, and economics..
Answer: What are the 4 priorities for pest management programs?
◍ - pest population density
- pest host plant
- severity/timeline of damage. Answer: What factors help determine
treatment thresholds?
