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PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and Turf questions with
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What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest management? - ✔✔1.)
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PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using || || || || || || || || || || ||
certified seed, providing good growing conditions, and making a good match between the
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plant and the site)
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2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the problem: (Finding out whether the
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damage to a particular plant is caused by a pest or by an environmental condition such as
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freezing or drought and always determine the exact pest that you are dealing with)
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3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and tolerate some damage: (Deciding
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how many pests and how much damage to tolerate)
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4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first choice
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What should you do in an IPM program? - ✔✔Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
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What is Phytotoxicity? - ✔✔A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
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Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms? - ✔✔Pitfall traps
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What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ? - ✔✔A common bacterium that kills many types of
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caterpillars
When should you apply an insecticide? - ✔✔When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
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What is the Milky spore disease? - ✔✔A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium,
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Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles
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What do you do to control fire ants? - ✔✔Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound
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treatments
Sod webworms... - ✔✔Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
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An insecticide applied to control white grubs... - ✔✔Should be watered in to reach the soil
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Mole crickets... - ✔✔Have only one generation per year
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What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that insect pests undergo? - ✔✔1.)
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Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of insects that undergo this look like small
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versions of the adult
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2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of development among turf grass pests):
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The young stages of insects that undergo this look very different from the adults before
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before they become pupae and change into adults
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How do Chinch bugs damage turf? - ✔✔They feed in clusters and damage first appears as
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circular patches of yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large infestations of the
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southern chinch bug may completely kill St. Augustine lawns.
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What are 4 pests that might cause root damage to turf? - ✔✔1.) Japanese beetle
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2.) Mole cricket
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3.) Masked chafer
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4.) Green june beetle
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How does frequent mowing impact fire ants? - ✔✔Frequent mowing is a control method
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that golf course managers use to force red imported fire ant colonies to less disturbed areas.
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The more times areas are mowed, the less time fire ants have to establish colonies
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PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and Turf questions with
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accurate detailed answers || ||
What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest management? - ✔✔1.)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using || || || || || || || || || || ||
certified seed, providing good growing conditions, and making a good match between the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
plant and the site)
|| || ||
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the problem: (Finding out whether the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
damage to a particular plant is caused by a pest or by an environmental condition such as
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
freezing or drought and always determine the exact pest that you are dealing with)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and tolerate some damage: (Deciding
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
how many pests and how much damage to tolerate)
|| || || || || || || ||
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first choice
|| || || || || || || || || ||
What should you do in an IPM program? - ✔✔Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is Phytotoxicity? - ✔✔A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms? - ✔✔Pitfall traps
|| || || || || || || || ||
What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ? - ✔✔A common bacterium that kills many types of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
caterpillars
When should you apply an insecticide? - ✔✔When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is the Milky spore disease? - ✔✔A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles
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, 2
What do you do to control fire ants? - ✔✔Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
treatments
Sod webworms... - ✔✔Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
|| || || || || || || || || ||
An insecticide applied to control white grubs... - ✔✔Should be watered in to reach the soil
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Mole crickets... - ✔✔Have only one generation per year
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What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that insect pests undergo? - ✔✔1.)
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Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of insects that undergo this look like small
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
versions of the adult
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2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of development among turf grass pests):
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The young stages of insects that undergo this look very different from the adults before
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before they become pupae and change into adults
|| || || || || || ||
How do Chinch bugs damage turf? - ✔✔They feed in clusters and damage first appears as
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
circular patches of yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large infestations of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
southern chinch bug may completely kill St. Augustine lawns.
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What are 4 pests that might cause root damage to turf? - ✔✔1.) Japanese beetle
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2.) Mole cricket
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3.) Masked chafer
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4.) Green june beetle
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How does frequent mowing impact fire ants? - ✔✔Frequent mowing is a control method
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that golf course managers use to force red imported fire ant colonies to less disturbed areas.
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The more times areas are mowed, the less time fire ants have to establish colonies
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