A C-Ch. 11 Plant Healthcare

Question 1

Substance produced naturally by plants as part of a defense against pests and other plants. May adversely affect the growth and development of other plants.

Answer 1

Allelochemical

Question 2

Method of systematically assessing plant health and client needs to determine which course of action, if any, is recommended.

Answer 2

Appropriate response process

Question 3

In plant healthcare, the release of beneficial organisms to suppress pest insect or mite populations.

Answer 3

Augmentation

Question 4

Pesticide that is used to kill or inhibit bacterial plant or soil.

Answer 4

Bactericide

Question 5

Method of managing plant, pests or weeds through the use of natural predators, parasites, or pathogens.

Answer 5

Biological control

Question 6

Control product or pesticide formulated from naturally occurring plant extracts, microbes, or microbial byproducts that poses very low risk to nontarget organisms.

Answer 6

Biorational control product

Question 7

Control product or pesticide that has limited enviromental persistence and poses very low risk to nontarget organisms

Answer 7

Biorational control product

Question 8

Pesticides derived from plants

Answer 8

Botanical pesticide

Question 9

Complex carbohydrate found in the cellular walls of the majority of plants and algae and certain fungi.

Answer 9

Cellulose

Question 10

Control of test using conventional pesticides

Answer 10

Chemical control

Question 11

Difference between the daily average temperature and a given temperature base

Answer 11

Degree day

Question 12

Total removal of a species from a particular area. May refer to pathogens, insect pests, or unwanted plants

Answer 12

eradication

Question 13

Chemical compound that is toxic to fungi

Answer 13

Fungicide

Question 14

Chemical compound that kills vegetation

Answer 14

Herbicide

Question 15

An animal that feeds primarily on plants

Answer 15

Herbivore

Question 16

Highly refined petroleum oil that maybe applied to plants to smother certain insects and other pests by disrupting their respiration

Answer 16

Horticultural oil

Question 17

Substance, man-made or naturally occurring in insects, that affects growth and development of insects

Answer 17

Insect growth regulator

Question 18

Pesticides derived from microorganisms.

Answer 18

Microbial pesticides

Question 19

Chemical compound that is toxic to mites

Answer 19

Miticide

Question 20

Keeping a close watch. Performing regular checks or inspections

Answer 20

Monitoring

Question 21

Cultivation or planting of a single species on agricultural land, in a forest setting, or within and urban setting.

Answer 21

Monoculture

Question 22

Sequence of stressful events or conditions causing the decline and eventual death of a tree

Answer 22

Mortality spiral

Question 23

Organism living in or on another living organism from which it derives nourishment to the detriment of the host, sometimes killing the host

Answer 23

Parasite

Question 24

Increase in the population of a pest following a reduction in the population of natural predators or parasites of the past. Usually the result of a Nonspecific pesticide or unfavorable environmental condition

Answer 24

Pest resurgence

Question 25

Any chemical used to control or kill unwanted pests such as weeds, insects, or fungi.

Answer 25

Pesticide

Question 26

Ability to withstand certain pesticides; survival of just a few genetically resistant pests that reproduce can lead to populations that are resistant

Answer 26

Pesticide resistance

Question 27

Naturally produced organic alchol with acidic properties. One of several chemical Defense compounds in trees.

Answer 27

Phenol

Question 28

Relationship between the climate and biological events, such as flowering or leafing out in plants

Answer 28

Phenology

Question 29

Term to describe a compound that is poisonous to plants.

Answer 29

Phytotoxic

Question 30

Comprehensive program to manage the health, structure, and appearance of plants in the landscape

Answer 30

Plant health care

Question 31

Any organism that prays on another organism

Answer 31

Predator

Question 32

Proactive process intended to guard against adverse impact By avoiding or reducing the risk of its occurrence.

Answer 32

Prevention

Question 33

In plant physiology, distribution and use of Photosynthates for various plant functions and processes.

Answer 33

Resource allocation

Question 34

In management, distribution of materials or other assets to accomplish objectives

Answer 34

Resource allocation

Question 35

Increase in a secondary pest population following a reduction in the population of natural predators or parasites.

Answer 35

Secondary pest outbreak

Question 36

Management practices intended to reduce the pest population and associated plant injury to a tolerable level.

Answer 36

Suppression

Question 37

Pesticide that moves throughout the tree after it has been injected or absorbed

Answer 37

Systemic pesticide

Question 38

Organic substance produced by trees. Believed to be involved in the tree’s chemical Defense processes

Answer 38

Tannin

Question 39

Overall health. Capacity to grow and resist stress. Sometimes limited to reference to genetic capacity.

Answer 39

Vigor

Question 40

Overall health. Ability of a plant to deal effectively with stress

Answer 40

Vitality

Question 41

Pest population or plant damage level that requires action to prevent irreversible or unacceptable physiological and/or aesthetic harm.

Answer 41

Action threshold