Pest Control Flashcards
Is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
What is the difference between PC and IPC?
Pest Control (PC) is the use of pesticides
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) steps or strategies to control pest population by means of combined control program
HOW DO IPM PROGRAMS WORK?
- Set Action Thresholds
- Monitor and identify pests
- Prevention
- Control
Threshold means a point at which pest populations or environmental conditions indicate that pest control action must be taken
Set Action Thresholds
Identify what pests are present to the establishment
Monitor and Identify Pest
Then plan how to prevent from growing population
Prevention
Control
think how to control
Is a process wherein one eliminates or manages unwanted creatures like pest
Pest Control
IMPORTANCE PEST CONTROL
- Contamination
- Legal requirement
- Wastage and destruction
- Reputation
Four Types of Pest Control
- CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL
- BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL
- ELECTRONIC PEST CONTROL
- PHYSICAL PEST CONTROL
Involves the used chemical treatment
Chemical Pest Control
Involves the used of living organisms example you ingested pesticides on the plant and these , cat eating rodents
Biological Pest Control
Anything that you plug in examples: Electric mosquito killer, repellants, insect light traps
Electronic Pest Control
Uses natural barriers like nets, glue boards
Physical Pest Control
Classification of Pest
- HouseFly
- Fruit Fly
- Blow Flies and Flesh Flies
- Cockroaches
- Ants
- Stored Grain Insect
- Rodents
one of the filthiest of pests and is found all over the world
HouseFly
these are seasonal, colored and smaller than housefly. They are most attracted to overripe and decaying fruit
Fruit Fly
- are large flies seen during warm summer months.
- Also known as Bottle flies
Blow Flies and Flesh Flies
– it is filthy and gives off a foul odor.
- It can contaminate unprotected food, utensils and other surfaces
Cockroaches
these are very common and annoying pests and are known to mechanically transmit diseases from excrement to food
Ants
- These includes flour beetle, rice weevil, granary weevil, Indian-meal moth
- They attack and destroy stored grains
Stored Grain Insect
it is mainly the rats and mice belonging to this group that trouble human kind
Rodents
Control Measures
- Proper waste disposal which includes food decay, animal manure and garbage
- Garbage bins should be held in tightly covered
- Food covers
- Used of insects light traps
- Used of air curtains
a non-toxic contraption that emits light to attract flying insects and electrocutes them in the metal grid
Insect light traps (ILTs)
- Are substances which have certain pharmacological effects on insects and rodents, ether as poisons or as repellants
Pesticides
Nature of Substances
- Inorganic Pesticide
- Organic Pesticide
- Synthetic Pesticide
these are natural substances, for example sulphur dust, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide and Paris green
Inorganic Pesticide
these are mainly plant extracts
Organic Pesticide
these are manmade chemicals
Synthetic Pesticide
Their Effect on Pest
- Stomach Poison
- Contact Poison
- Residual Poison
- Systemic Poison
- Repellants
- Fumigants
this are applied to plants and ingested by insects while they feed on these plants
Stomach Poison
these are applied directly on pest
Contact Poison
these are applied to surfaces
Residual Poison
these are applied to plants and animals
Systemic Poison
these keeps insects and other pets away from a given area, due to the odor the emanate
Repellants
these poisons are inhaled by pests and cause death
Fumigants
Method of Applications
- Spray
- Chalk
- Meals
- Vapours
- Aerosols
Precautions while Handling Pesticides
- Use resistant gloves
- Wash hands thoroughly after use
- Never use sprays when food is openly displayed
- Storage of insecticides away from food articles
- Knowledgeable enough what type of pesticides are being used
- A strategy using organic or plant based materials of natural origin
- Is a proactive mode of controlling pests unlike conventional pest control that focuses on use of pesticides
Green Pest Management
prevents insects and dust from entering food establishments by sweeping air down over door openings
Air Curtains
an approach to keep pests out of catering establishments by removing food and shelter or making facility pest resistant
Basic Environment Sanitation
economical, effective and safe pest management which includes several methods together to control pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
