Final - Section 2 Flashcards
What are the advantages of using an IPM program?
- Economics - Cost benefit analysis
- Environmental - Use least toxic approach
- Public Relations - Documents science-based decisions
- Professionalism - Organized, Planned approach between client and crew
Define IPM:
IPM or Integrated Pest Management is an informed, sustainable approach to managing plants and pests by combining cultural, biological, physical and chemical tactics in a way that minimizes economic, health and environmental risks.
Why Practice IPM?
Becuase it’s a formalized maintenance approach that is dynamic, pro-active and holistic. It focuses on preperation, organization, professionalism and education. It uses current science as a guide
What is an Economic advantage to IPM?
Offers cost-benefit analysis to determine the most economical approach to plant health
What are the Environmental advantages to IPM?
- Minimizes ecosystem disruption using ecologically based programs
- Usually reduces total pesticide use
What Public Relations advantage do you have using an IPM?
- Documents complex science-based decisions needed to manage plants and plant systems
What are the Professional Advantages of using IPM?
- Processed approach to organized, planned responses to risk
- Contract between client and crew about how decisions are made and what results should be expected
Why is Site Assesment important im IPM?
- Complete evaluation of management area
- Includes key plants and all other conditions
- Documents current situation
- Results in map
Why is a Monitoring Program important to have for IPM?
- Regular inspection of the area allows you to detect problem areas as well as evaluate how treated areas are doing.
- Uses current science as a guide
Why is it important to have Decision Making Guidelines as part of your IPM?
Sets threshholds for making informed decisions and Uses current science as a guide.
What does an Intervention Plan do?
It Identifies options:
- Uses current science as guide
- Seeks least toxic approach
- Chooses proper tools
- Organizes treatments
- Optimizes practices
Why is Record Keeping important for IPM?
- Builds historical record
- Determines the success of management tactics
- Determines the effectiveness of treatments
- Provides cost-benefit analysis
- Leads to good planning
- For regulatory requirements
Why is it important to have Education as part of the IPM?
- Ongoing program to keep up with new science and technology
- Leads to good planning
- Sound decision-making
- Realistic expectaions
What are the Principles of Control?
Exclusion
Eradication
Resistance
Protection
Define Exclusion:
Prevent movement of pathogen into
uninfected areas
Define: Eradication
Eliminate or reduce pathogen levels on site
<em>(Create conditions that are Unfavorable for the Pathogen)</em>
Define: Resistance
Improve plants ability to tolerate or recover
from attack
identify two tools for disease monitoring
- Camera
- Cup Cutter
what is a disclosing solution?
- 2 gal. water w/ 1 oz liquid dish soap
- Used for insect diagnosis
- pour on turf, insects come to surface.
what four sets of observations should be made during every routine scouting trip?
- Detection and Diagnosis
- Damage Survey
- Environmental Evaluation
- Treatment Evaluation
describe 3 types of insect traps and how they can be used.
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Pitfall Trap
- remove soil core, insert sup to catch insects, record qualitative and quantitative data
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Pheromone Trap
- Using specific sexual attractants allows you target a specific species
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Black Light Trap
- This allows you to trap night flying insects and can help determine Peak Adult Flight patterns
what are the advantages and disadvantages of using biocontrol products?
- Advantages
- Low toxicity to non-target organisms
- Low use rates
- Public Perception
- Disadvantages
- most dont work as well as synthetic products
- Low Versitility
How can Biocontrol agents be used succesfully in your insect control program?
- Using them in a synergistic way with other products
- Using them in out of play areas
- Use on Ornamentals
What are endophytes?
- Fungus that lives in Rye and Fescue
- they release a toxin that deters leaf feeding insects
- infected grass is more stress tolerant
- works well in turfgrass
- in some commercially sold turfgrass seed
