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Invasive species

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Non native or alien to the ecosystem or a species whose introduction causes economic, environmental, or human health problems

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Define weed

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ANy undesirable plant in an environment that is competitive with desirable plants or has no function.

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3 ways seeds are dispersed,

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Wind, water, animals

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Define ecology

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The study of organisms in their environment.

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What is a perfect flower?

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A flower with all reproductive parts.

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What does WSSA Stand for?

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Weed science society of America.

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Dioecious

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A plant species that has pistillate and staminate flowers on different plants

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Leaf arrangement in which there are two leaves per node.

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Opposite

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Rhizomes

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Horizontal underground stems

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A group of organisms within the same species that occur in a given time and space.

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Population

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Glabrous

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Leaf that is smooth

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Horizontal above ground stems

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Stolons

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Dehiscent

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Term for type of dry fruit, in which the fruit splits open at maturity

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A community plus it’s non living environment

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Ecosystem

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Leaf arrangement with 3 or more leaves per node

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Whorled

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A flower with stamens but no pistil

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Staminate

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Anther and filament make this structure

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Stamen

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Niche

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An organisms place in its environment

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Aggregate

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A fruit that develops from several ovaries within one flower.

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An orderly change in species resulting from modification of the physical environment by the plant community

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Succession

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Monocots have how many:
Cotyledons in seed?
Number of flower parts?
Leaf venation?

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One
3s
Parallel

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Dicots have how many:
Cotyledons per seed?
# of flower parts?
Leaf venation?

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Two
4s or 5s
Branched

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Reasons herbicides are the main method of controlling weeds,

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They are cheaper
More reliable
Higher return on investment

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Induced dormancy

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Type of dormancy in which unfavorable conditions cause sees to go dormant.

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r group

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Plants that are short lived and produce lots of seed.

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The K group

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Longer lived less seeds

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Obligate weeds

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Weeds that have never been found in the wild stage and that grow only in association with man.

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A plant that completes its life cycle in one year

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Annual

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Negative effects of weeds

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Reduced yields
Increased costs
Hard to remove 
Harbor other crop pests
Interfere with harvests 
Extra cleaning and processing
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Ideal characteristics of weeds

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Quickly reproducing
Competitive
Tolerant of stressful conditions
Hard to get rid of
Produces lots of seeds 
Quickly germinating
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What are the goals of herbicide application?

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To kill or suppress the grown of plants

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Define formulation

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Preparation supplied by manufacturing for use,

Manufacturing process carried out by the formulator in preparing a chemical for packaging,

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Dry formulation types

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Water soluble powders and water dispensable granules

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Liquid formulation types

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Water soluble liquids and water dispersal liquids

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Dry formulation for direct application

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Granules and pellets

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What carries can be used for herbicide applicators

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Water or other liquids

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Adjuvant define

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Any substance in herbicide formulation or added to spray tank to modify herbicidal activity

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What does a Wetting agent do?

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Enables spray deposit to spread and make better contact with plant surface

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What are the 5 types of adjuvants

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Surfactants 
Crop oil concentrate
Comparability agents
Anti foaming agents
Drift control agents
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What is the range for ground applications?

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10 - 20 GPA

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What is the range for Air spraying

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3- 10 GPA

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why do different nozzle sizes matter

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Poor control
Crop injury
Wasted chemical

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42
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How should herbicides be stored

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In a locked temperature controlled area with chemical resistant container treys

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How do you dispose of herbicides

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Triple rinse, drain, and puncture

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What are the 3 types of herbicide names

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Common, chemical, trade name

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What’s the difference in selective herbicides and non selective

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Selective are more toxic to some plants than others

Non selective toxic to all plants

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Short residual herbicides

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Injure or kill in short periods and used in rotated crops

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Long residual herbicides

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Soil sterilants, herbicides used in non-crop perennial crops.

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Non-residual herbicides

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No soil activity noticeable, burn down herbicides and selective post herbicides.

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Use to kill crops before planting

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Preplant burndown

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Herbicide rolled into the soil before planting

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Preplant incorporated

51
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Application of herbicide at time of planting or before crop emergence

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Preemergence

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After crop or weed emergence

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Post emergence

53
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Difference between systemic and contact herbicides?

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Systemic translocation to phloem

Contact -no movement plant tissue damaged after exposure

54
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Symplastic transport site in plant

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Phloem affects photosynthesis

55
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Apoplastic transport location

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Xylem moves up only

56
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What types of properties or characteristics are used to group herbicides into families

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Physical/ chemical, biological, environmental fate and impact, toxicological hazards.

57
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Measure of the amount of compound that is harmful or lethal when exposed by ingestion, inhalation, or dermal exposure.

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Toxicity

58
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Probability of encountering a harmful dose of a compound.

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Exposure

59
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What does oncogenicity mean?

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Tumor producing

60
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The six Carcinogenicity

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Six cancer potential categories

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Birth deformities

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Tetratogenicity

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Genetic abnormality

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Mutagenicity

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What is the difference between acute and chronic toxicity?

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Acute is harm after short exposure and chronic is repeat exposure.

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What is mode of action?

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The plant process affected by the herbicide.

65
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What is mechanism of action?

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The biochemical site within a plant each herbicide directly interacts with.

66
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3 herbicide classification systems

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WSSA , AUstrailian, Herbicide resistance action committee

67
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Lipid synthesis inhibitors are in what group?

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WSSA 1 and blocks production of phospholipids

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Amino acid synthesis inhibitors group?

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WSSA 2 reduction of cell division

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Nitrogen metabolism inhibitors group?

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WSSA 10 increase in ammonia.

70
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Growth regulators group

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WSSA 4 clogs xylem and phloem

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Mitosis inhibitors group

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WSSA 15 microtubules inhibitors

72
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What does LD 50 mean

A

Dose of a substance lethal to 50% of organisms

73
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What does LC50 stand for?

A

Concentration of a substance lethal to 50% of organisms

74
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What are the five types of toxicological studies that must be done on herbicides?

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Acute, subacute, chronic feeding and oncogenicity, fish and aquatic organisms, birds

75
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How long does it take to develop and register a new herbicide?

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10-12 years

76
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Difference between general use pesticide and restricted use?

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General use - no reasonable adverse effects on environment and safe to apply
Restricted use- sold only to trained and certified applicators.

77
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Section 18 allows for?

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Emergency situation application

78
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IR -4 allows for

A

Research project anoung state exp stations

79
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DANGER

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Highly toxic

80
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Warning

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Moderately toxic

81
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caution

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Slightly toxic

82
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Preventative measures when spraying?

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Long sleeves and pants, gloves, shoes and socks , eyewear.

83
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What is included on a herbicide label?

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Mixing instructions, spraying instructions, calibration, application directions.

84
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What informating needed when identifying problems with herbicide?

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Locate crop injury, access crop condition, determine if label was followed , record all important information.

85
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What factors other than herbicide application can cause a problem?

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Application at wrong stage of growth

86
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What is carrying capacity

A

The plant density that can be maintained in a given community over time.

87
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What 5 morphological factors of weeds are important?

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High germination rate 
Early extensive root system
Large expansive foliage 
Multiple shoots
Climbing growth
88
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What is the LAI? Leaf area index?

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Amount of photosynthetic material or leaf suspended per unit of area of land.

89
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When does a weed become competitive in LAI?

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At 1.0

90
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How do weeds reach the LAI ?

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Through size density,

91
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The interaction among species involving both competition and allelopathy,

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Interference

92
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The inhibition of one plant by another through release of toxins,

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Allelopathy

93
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The mutually adverse effects of plants which are competing for a resource in short supply.

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Competition

94
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Interference of plants of the same species.

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Intraspecific interference

95
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Interference of plants of a different species

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Interspecific interference

96
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What weed factors are important?

A 
Species cultivar,
 planting date,
 planting rate,
 duration,
Growth rate growth habit
Allelopathy
97
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What crop factors are important?

A 
Species cultivar 
Planting date
Planting rate
Duration
Growth rate
Allelopathy
98
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Other factors that influence interference?

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Weather
Soil type
Soil fertility 
Tillage
Herbicides and pests
99
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Sigmoid relationship chart axis
Y:
X:

A

Y: crop yield
X: weed density

100
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What does a longer critical period mean?

A

The crop is less competitive

101
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How can weeds still have an effect of there is no yield loss from competition?

A

It can still produce seeds

102
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6 general method of control

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Preventative and regulatory
Mechanical 
Cultural
Biological
Herbicide 
Biotechnical
103
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What is preventative control?

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The prevention of introduction, establishment, and spread of specific weeds.

104
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Farm management practices can be taken to reduce weeds in weed sanitation?

A

Plant weed free seed, clean equipment, screen irrigation water, inspection, pay special attention

105
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What regulations are in place for weed seed in seeds?

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There are noxious laws that prevent noxious weed seed in planting sees or nursery stock.

106
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What are noxious weeds?

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Weeds that cannot be sold and are limited by number / lbs

107
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Isolates or prevents the spread of?

A

Quarantine

108
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Elimination of weed species?

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Eradication

109
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Implies a reduction in an infestation level?

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Control

110
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What are the mechanical methods of weed control?

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Tillage, hand picking, mowing, smothering or mulching.

111
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Advantages and disadvantages of mechanical control

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Adv: selective, effective, alternative to herbs, stimulates germination, destroys.
Dis: time consuming, tedious, expensive,

112
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Primary tillage is how deep?

Secondary tillage?

A

P: 6- 36
Sec: less than 6

113
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Disadvantages of mechanical tillage

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Soil erosion, energy requirements, increases weed, damages crops, buries weed seed.

114
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Use of clear plastic film to cover soil for disease and insect control

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Solarization

115
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3 areas hand weeding is still used?

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Homeowners,
High priced horticulture
Organic farmers

116
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What weed can survive flooding?

A

Johnsongrass

117
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What types of management practices improve crop competitiveness?

A

Optimum planting date
Seeding rate
Fertility and irrigation
Cultivar selection

118
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What is biological weed control?

A

Using natural methods to fight weeds,

Ex. Bugs

119
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Why are biological controls usually aimed at perennial weeds?

A

2/3s of them are perennial!

120
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Types of biological control? 3

A

Classical- natural predators
Mycroherbicidal- fungal spores
Feeding- animals

121
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What are the 8 contributions of herbicides?

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Cost effective
Permit control 
Reduce tillage
Reduce human effort
Controls difficult weeds economically 
Flexible management system
Can solve most weed problems
122
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Major risks of using herbicides?

A

Drift injury
Persistent in soil residues
Inconsistent weed control
Resistant weeds

123
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What is integrated weed management?

A

The integration of environmentally safe sociologically acceptable control tactics, that reduce weed interference below the economic injury level

124
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What are benefits of integrated weed management?

A 
Wholesome food
Increased outputs
Economic stability
Increased biodiversity 
Increased productivity

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