Chapter 2: Pest Management Flashcards
In what year did the Washington State Legislature define IPM as a coordinated decision making process that used the most appropriate methods and strategies in environmentally and economically?
1997.
What the elements of Integrated Pest Management?
PREVENTING pest management, MOINITORING for presence and damage, ESTABLISHING a density to be tolerated, TREATING to reduce pest populations, EVALUATING effects and efficacy.
True or False: Successful IPM programs will incorporate less toxic material for the safety of others and the environment.
True. Pesticides should not be the first option.
_______ is a crucial component of IPM and will vary from individual to individual and situation to situation.
Defining a pest.
True or False: Injury levels is a first step in examination by practitioners.
True.
Injury from pests can appear in what forms?
Economic (monetary), medical (health), aesthetic (appearance).
_______ are the level of pests requiring management. to prevent an injury level.
Action thresholds.
What are the six steps to IPM?
Understanding and educate, Analyzing the problem (Identity, monitoring, cycle), Taking short-term, corrective actions, Implementing long-term preventative action, Inspecting and documenting, and Getting back to the client.
Provide an examples of physical tools.
Removal, vacuums, screens, traps.
Provide examples of cultural tools.
Watering on time, habitat modification like habitat for water, human behavior modification.
Provide examples of biological tools.
Conserving bio-controls and releasing natural. enemies.
List some examples of chemical tools.
Pheromones, repellents, baits, least toxic.
True or False: pesticides include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides.
True.
_______ is the application of small amounts of insecticide where insects would hide.
Crack and crevice.
The application to broad expanses on surfaces like walls, floors, and ceilings, or outside is called what?
General treatment.
