Principles and Methods of Plant Pest Control

Question 1

The prime requisite when managing plant pest is that it must be _______.

Answer 1

The prime requisite when managing plant pest is that it must be economical.

Question 2

The aim of managing plant disease is for the total absence of the pest.

True or False

Answer 2

False.

The aim of managing plant disease is to prevent an intolerable build-up of disease within a plant population, not for a total absence of pest.

Question 3

The purpose of managing plant diseases is to increase disease development, maintain tolerable disease incidence, and maximize yield loss.

True or False

Answer 3

False.

The purpose of managing plant diseases is to prevent disease development, maintain tolerable disease incidence, and minimize yield loss.

Question 4

Passport for your plant.

Answer 4

Phytosanitary Certificate

Question 5

Controls aimed at Suscept

Answer 5

1. Protection
2. Immunization

Question 6

Controls aimed at Pathogen

Answer 6

1. Exclusion
2. Eradication

Question 7

To prevent the import and spread of plant pathogens into areas from which they are absent.

Answer 7

Avoidance / Exclusion

Question 8

To ensure that the susceptible host and favorable environmental conditions for the pathogen do not coincide.

Answer 8

Avoidance / Exclusion

Question 9

It is the use of pathogen-free propagating plant material

Answer 9

Avoidance / Exclusion

Question 10

Regulations controlling the import and export of plants to prevent the spread of disease and pests.

Answer 10

Quarantine and Inspection

Question 11

Each state is responsible for enforcing quarantine regulations to prevent the spread of pest and disease within the state.

True or False

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Inspection of plant / insects at legal entry checkpoints

Answer 12

Quarantine and Inspection

Question 13

All planting materials, plant products, insects, etc. prohibited materials subjected to inspection at the entry checkpoint and found infested or infected shall be treated, quarantined, or destroyed.

True or False

Answer 13

True

Question 14

This document certifies that the plants are free from harmful pests and diseases.

Answer 14

Phytosanitary Certificate

Question 15

It ensures that a plant can safely enter the country without posing a threat to local agriculture.

Answer 15

Phytosanitary Certificate

Question 16

Phytosanitary permits are issued by the __________.

Answer 16

National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO)

Question 17

What does NPPO stand for?

Answer 17

National Plant Protection Organization

Question 18

This is the government agency responsible for plant health in the country of origin.

Answer 18

National Plant Protection Organization

Question 19

Phytosanitary permits typically includes details about the type of plant, quantity, country of origin, and any treatments or inspections performed.

True or False

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Phytosanitary permits are required at ports of entry.

True or False

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Depending on the country and plant type, additional documents such as import licenses or health certificates are not needed.

True or False

Answer 21

False

Depending on the country and plant type, you might also need other documents such as import licenses or health certificates.

Question 22

This principle aims to reduce or eliminate the amount of pathogen after it is introduced into an area but before it has become well-established or widely spread.

Answer 22

Eradication Principles

Question 23

The Eradication principle can be applied to:
________
________
________

Answer 23

• Individual plants
• Seed lots
• Fields or regions

Question 24

The Eradication principle is generally not effective over large geographic areas.

True or False

Answer 24

true

Question 25

(5) Eradication can be done by….

Answer 25

• Destroying weeds that are reservoirs of various pathogens or insect vectors of disease
• Biological control of plant pathogen
• Crop rotation
• Soil treatment
• Heat and Chemical treatment

Question 26

Eradication can be done by burning of infected crop residue

true or false

Answer 26

True

Question 27

It is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.

Answer 27

Crop Rotation

Question 28

It seeks to balance the fertility demands of soil nutrients.

Answer 28

Crop rotation

Question 29

The principle regarding preventing infection by creating a chemical toxic barrier between the plant surface and pathogens.

Answer 29

Protection

Question 30

It protects the plant directly from any infections that are likely to arrive.

Answer 30

Protection

Question 31

Protection can be done by: (4)

Answer 31

1. Modification of the environment (covered with plastic sleeves) (raised planting beds)
2. Modification of the host nutrition
3. Chemical control of insect vector
4. Chemical treatment

Question 32

The most important and effective principle of achieving successful management of plant disease.

Answer 32

Immunization / Resistant

Question 33

It prevents infection or reducing the effect of infection by managing the host through improvement of resistance in it by genetic manipulation.

Answer 33

Immunization

Question 34

Plant breeders either search for or developed suck resistant varieties of plants in which the host defends itself against the pathogen.

True or False

Answer 34

True