Pesticides

Question 1

Any organism that causes harm or inconvenience to humans, crops, animals, or the environment.

Answer 1

Pest

Question 2

May be a chemical substance or biological agent used against pests.

Answer 2

Pesticide

Question 3

Used to control bacteria that may cause diseases in plants or spoil food products.

Answer 3

Bactericides

Question 4

Designed to eliminate or suppress unwanted plants that compete with crops for nutrients sunlight, and water.

Answer 4

Herbicides

Question 5

Protect crops by targeting and killing fungi or fungal spores that cause diseases.

Answer 5

Fungicides

Question 6

Formulated to kill or manage insect populations that damage crops spread diseases, or become a nuisance.

Answer 6

Insecticides

Question 7

Specialized pesticides for controlling mites.

Answer 7

Miticides

Question 8

Target nematodes, microscopic worms that attack plants roots and reduce crop yields.

Answer 8

Nematicides

Question 9

Used to control rodent populations, such as rats and mice.

Answer 9

Rodenticides

Question 10

Target viruses that affect plants or livestock.

Answer 10

Virucides

Question 11

Controls the trade of hazardous pesticides.

Answer 11

Rotterdam Convention (1998)

Question 12

Aims to phase out harmful pesticides like DDT

Answer 12

Stockholm Convention (2001)

Question 13

Encourages safer pesticide use worldwide

Answer 13

INTL Code FAO/WHO

Question 14

Manages hazardous waste, including banned pesticides

Answer 14

Basal Convention (1989)

Question 15

Ensures food safety by regulating pesticide residues

Answer 15

Food Safety Act (RA 10611)

Question 16

Created the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority to oversee pesticide use

Answer 16

PD No. 1144

Question 17

Set guidelines for pesticide registration, labeling, and usage, aligning with international standards

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRI Administrative Order

Question 18

Regulates hazardous substances and their disposal

Answer 18

RA No. 6969

Question 19

A pesticide that has been largely phased out globally because it contains dioxins.

Answer 19

2-4-5 T

Question 20

Was popular in the Philippines die to its long term effects. It was banned after being discovered to be a persistent organic pollutant that poses a threat to human health

Answer 20

Chlordane

Question 21

Was widely used in the Philippines for mosquito control but banned due to environmental persistence, bioaccumulation and health Risks.

Answer 21

DDT

Question 22

The only allowed use to date for this pesticide is on pineapple plantations by soil pre -plant application

Answer 22

Lindane

Question 23

The use of natural predators as an alternative from using pesticides.

Answer 23

Biological Control