Exam Pesticides IPM 41-60
Integrated Pest Management is a control stategy that includes: a. mechanical devices b. genetic management c. biologic management d. chemical management e. all of the above
all of the above
The six basic components of an IPM system are: a. acceptable pest levels b. preventive cultural practices c. monitoring d. mechanical controls e. biological controls f. chemical controls g. all of the above
g. all of the above
Accurate pest identification is critical to a successful Integrated Pest Management program.
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An Integrated Pest Management program can be simple or quite sophisticated.
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An Integrated Pest Management system is designed around six basic components.
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Entimologists in California developed concept of: "supervised insect control
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IPM extends the concept of integrated control to all classes of pests.
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IPM is the abbreviation for Integrated Pest Management
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IPM programs first work to establish acceptable pest levels, called "action" thresholds
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Integrated Pest Management is applicable to all types of agricultural and residential sites
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Integrated Pest Management seeks to find the best mix of chemical and biological control for any pest.
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Mechanical controls may include picking insects up by hand or screening or netting to exclude pests
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Natural biological controls include beneficial insects that eat target pests
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Once you have correctly identified the pest, you begin monitoring it before it becomes a problem
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Proper identification of pests is essential and cases of mistaken identify may result in ineffective actions
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Regular observation is the cornerstone of IPM and is broken into two steps: Inspection & Identification
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Should a pest reach an unacceptable level, mechanical methods are the first options to consider.
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Synthetic pesticides are generally used as required and often only at specific times in a pests' life cycle.
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Visual inspection, insect and spore traps, and other measurement methods are used to monitor pest levels.
true
With an IPM program the emphasis is on control rather than eradication
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