Ornamental and Turf TDA Landscape Maintenance (2025) EXAM QUESTIONS AND ALL
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Terms in this set (108)
Texas Department of Agriculture Who is the primary agency regulating pesticides in Texas?
(TDA)
Comprehensive approach that uses biological, cultural, physical, and
IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
chemical controls in a careful, environmentally sound manner.
Landscape Problems Biotic, abiotic, and natural factors
Biological control Involves manipulating the natural enemies of pets
Cultural control Involve in taking care of the plants, such as site selection and watering practices.
Involves the use of equipment or manual operations to keep out or
Mechanical control
disrupt the life cycle of pests.
Some plants can tolerate damage from certain pests or are unsuitable
Host plant resistance
for pest development.
Involves the use of pesticides to destroy pests, control their activity,
Chemical control
or prevent them from causing damage.
Choose all landscape plants according to their water requirements,
Plant selection
shade tolerance, and susceptibility to pests.
Preventive applications Involves applying a pesticide before the problem appears.
Reactive, or curative, treatments Occur after you notice the pest or its damage.
Mix and load pesticides at least feet from wells, lakes, streams, rivers, and
100
storm
drains.
The unintended movement of pesticides through the air during or
Drift
after application to an area other than the intended target.
Runoff Movement of pesticides across the treated surface, such as a lawn.
Pesticide adjuvants Are products designed to make pesticides more effective.
16 How many elements do plants need?
What greatly influences the amount of time required for a pesticide
Temperature, moisture, and sunlight
to degrade after application?
are absorbed by plant roots or foliage and than translocated
systemic insecticides
throughout the plants. best against piercing sucking insects
During what kind of weather are damaging infestations of spider
Hot and Dry
mites most likely to occur?
What insect builds webs near the ends of branches, where
Fall webworm
caterpillars consume foliage?
, Aphids, mites, and small wasps The feeding of what insect/s cause plant galls?
Hot and Dry In what kind of weather do chinch bugs damage turf?
4-5 How many white grubs per square foot may cause economic damage?
Fungi What causes the majority of severe plant diseases?
Lichens small plants that consist of algae and fungi
Take-all root rot Fungal disease that causes weak, brown, dead patches in turf grass.
Weed A plant out of place.
Broadleaf weeds Dicots, produce two true seed leaves
The most economically damaging insect pests of St. Augustine grass in
Southern Cinch Bug
Texas during the summer.
Cinch Bugs Prefer hot, dry weather and open, sunny areas.
Fall Armyworm Causes the most damage to lawns
Cost Americans $6 billion a year and are a serious pest of lawns and
Red imported fire ants
golf courses Texas.
Diseases caused by living agents of infection. Such as bacteria, fungi,
Biotic Diseases
viruses, and nematodes.
Black spot of rose A airborne fungus
Lichens form when fungi and algae grow together, benefitting each other.
Bacterial leaf spots Large yellow areas and browning at the leaf edges.
Large patch Common disease of warm-season turf grasses in the spring.
In the soil, primarily in the thatch Where does Take-all root rot live?
A plant out of place. How is a weed defined?
Monocots Grassy and grasslike weeds. One true seed leaf.
Annuals Complete their life cycle in one year.
King Ranch Bluestem One of the most common perennial grasses in Texas.
Johnsongrass Leaves are smooth with a thick, white midrib.
Annual bluegrass Winter-annual grassy weed
Rescuegrass Winter-annual weed with drooping seed head.
War-season annual that grows along the ground and produces roots
Crowfootgrass
at the lower nodes.
Yellow and purple sedges Two of the most common sedges in home landscapes.
Prostrate lawnflower (horseherb) low-growing weed that grows in a variety of conditions.
Horseherb Sold commercially as a native, perennial groundcover.
Spiny Sowthistle emerges in midwinter and can be very unsightly in ornamental beds and turf.
Common chickweed Winter Annual in Texas
Common Purslane Summer Annual
Henbit Winter Annual
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% SOLVED AND GUARANTEED SUCCESS!!
Terms in this set (108)
Texas Department of Agriculture Who is the primary agency regulating pesticides in Texas?
(TDA)
Comprehensive approach that uses biological, cultural, physical, and
IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
chemical controls in a careful, environmentally sound manner.
Landscape Problems Biotic, abiotic, and natural factors
Biological control Involves manipulating the natural enemies of pets
Cultural control Involve in taking care of the plants, such as site selection and watering practices.
Involves the use of equipment or manual operations to keep out or
Mechanical control
disrupt the life cycle of pests.
Some plants can tolerate damage from certain pests or are unsuitable
Host plant resistance
for pest development.
Involves the use of pesticides to destroy pests, control their activity,
Chemical control
or prevent them from causing damage.
Choose all landscape plants according to their water requirements,
Plant selection
shade tolerance, and susceptibility to pests.
Preventive applications Involves applying a pesticide before the problem appears.
Reactive, or curative, treatments Occur after you notice the pest or its damage.
Mix and load pesticides at least feet from wells, lakes, streams, rivers, and
100
storm
drains.
The unintended movement of pesticides through the air during or
Drift
after application to an area other than the intended target.
Runoff Movement of pesticides across the treated surface, such as a lawn.
Pesticide adjuvants Are products designed to make pesticides more effective.
16 How many elements do plants need?
What greatly influences the amount of time required for a pesticide
Temperature, moisture, and sunlight
to degrade after application?
are absorbed by plant roots or foliage and than translocated
systemic insecticides
throughout the plants. best against piercing sucking insects
During what kind of weather are damaging infestations of spider
Hot and Dry
mites most likely to occur?
What insect builds webs near the ends of branches, where
Fall webworm
caterpillars consume foliage?
, Aphids, mites, and small wasps The feeding of what insect/s cause plant galls?
Hot and Dry In what kind of weather do chinch bugs damage turf?
4-5 How many white grubs per square foot may cause economic damage?
Fungi What causes the majority of severe plant diseases?
Lichens small plants that consist of algae and fungi
Take-all root rot Fungal disease that causes weak, brown, dead patches in turf grass.
Weed A plant out of place.
Broadleaf weeds Dicots, produce two true seed leaves
The most economically damaging insect pests of St. Augustine grass in
Southern Cinch Bug
Texas during the summer.
Cinch Bugs Prefer hot, dry weather and open, sunny areas.
Fall Armyworm Causes the most damage to lawns
Cost Americans $6 billion a year and are a serious pest of lawns and
Red imported fire ants
golf courses Texas.
Diseases caused by living agents of infection. Such as bacteria, fungi,
Biotic Diseases
viruses, and nematodes.
Black spot of rose A airborne fungus
Lichens form when fungi and algae grow together, benefitting each other.
Bacterial leaf spots Large yellow areas and browning at the leaf edges.
Large patch Common disease of warm-season turf grasses in the spring.
In the soil, primarily in the thatch Where does Take-all root rot live?
A plant out of place. How is a weed defined?
Monocots Grassy and grasslike weeds. One true seed leaf.
Annuals Complete their life cycle in one year.
King Ranch Bluestem One of the most common perennial grasses in Texas.
Johnsongrass Leaves are smooth with a thick, white midrib.
Annual bluegrass Winter-annual grassy weed
Rescuegrass Winter-annual weed with drooping seed head.
War-season annual that grows along the ground and produces roots
Crowfootgrass
at the lower nodes.
Yellow and purple sedges Two of the most common sedges in home landscapes.
Prostrate lawnflower (horseherb) low-growing weed that grows in a variety of conditions.
Horseherb Sold commercially as a native, perennial groundcover.
Spiny Sowthistle emerges in midwinter and can be very unsightly in ornamental beds and turf.
Common chickweed Winter Annual in Texas
Common Purslane Summer Annual
Henbit Winter Annual
