Review Chapters 10-15 Flashcards
ecological pest issues
Significant alteration of habitats
Modifications to soil, water, and topography
Displacement of natural flora and fauna
Native species replaced with non-native species used for food and fiber
cultural control
purposeful manipulation of the environment to reduce
rates of pest damage
ecological management
understanding pest ecology as it relates to the deired commodity -> food, space, shelter. the goal of which is to find weak links in the insect seasonal cycle and exploit them
Ecological management-food
food is usually the easiest to take advantage of
insects have varied food requirements
some food changes seasonally
food sources usually provide nutrition and shelter
Categories of Ecological Management
- Reducing the average favorability of the ecosystem
- Disrupting the continuity of requisite food sources
- Diverting pest populations from the commodity
- Reducing the impact of insect injury
* One or more approaches can be used at a time
sanitation
remove debris from habitat reduces survival and reproductive rates
crop residue destruction and utilization
Destroy/remove crop residues to reduce infestations
Burning
Tilling
Mowing
Livestock grazing
Downside is bad soil health
sanitation in logging
burning and pruning
sanitation in homes
removal of leaf litter and brush piles in backyards, removal of containers that hold standing water, elimination of animal waste, efficient storage
habitat modification
Certain insects may feed on alternate host plants
* Typical for when crop plants aren’t in season
* Alternate habitats and food sources can be destroyed or limited
* Reduce habitat and food = reduce pest
* Destroy volunteer plants
* Suppression of grasshoppers
obscuring host presence
pest cant find host plant ex: plastic soil mulch, metalized plastic sheets to reflect UV rays, hiding crops
tillage
Seedbed preparation
* Weed control
* Destroy alternate pest habitats
* Change soil environment
* Soil texture, moisture,
temperature, etc.
* Understanding soil types
* Life stages occur in the soil
* Informs timing and depth of tillage
irrigation
management of water
chemigation
uses irrigation system to dispense insecticides and other pesticides over area not ecologically friendly
Continuity disruption
reduces continuity in space, change crop layout over seasons or plant life
crop spacing
space crops for maximum production. close enough for as much production as possible but far enough for space to grow. plants that are too close togeather aid in insect movement
crop rotation`
most important method for discontinuity. rotates locations for specific annuals each year. improves soil structure. works best when pet has narrow host range, eggs are laid before new crops are planted, and the feeding stage is not very mobile
crop fallowing
Typically used in dry regions
* Keep area weed free the previous season, stores precipitation
* Moisture stays in the ground, higher productivity for next crop
* Precipitation from 2 growing seasons allows biennial crops to thrive
methods of diverting populations
Trap cropping
* Strip harvesting
* Intercropping
* Push-pull polycropping
trap cropping
Plant small areas of a crop or other species new the protected crop. Favorability of alternate environment (trap) lures the pest to move into the trap area and stay away from the protected plant
Strip harvesting
Similar to trap cropping, but trap is created in a main crop
* Harvest different areas at different times
* Insects in the crop are not forced to search for replacements in adjacent
crops
* Protects crops near by
Intercropping
Grow dissimilar crops in the
same location
Push-pull cropping
Goal: pest reduction on the protected host or resource
* Pests are repelled away (push) from resource using stimuli that mask
host appearance or have a repellant
* Pests are simultaneously attracted (pull) using highly apparent and
attractive stimuli
* Trap crops
impact of insect injury
Options for reducing the amount of damage done to the plant
modify host tolerance
modify harvest schedules
Most commonly used chemical for quality of human life
conventional insecticide
retail sale of pesticides are $_ billion
$14 Billion
Percentage of retail sale for conventional insecticides
66% agriculture
24% home and garden
10% industry and government
Percent of US household gardens use pesticides
85%
insecticide
insect killer
herbicide
weed killers
acaricide
mite and tick killers
fungicide
fungus killer
nematicide
nematode killer
what are economic poisons used for
controlling, preventing, destroying, repelling, mitigating pests
How are insecticide names formatted
common name, trade name(brand), chemical name
What do chemical formulas represent
composition of chemical compounds, components of single molecules, characterization of insecticides, molecular and structural formulas
Mode of action
the way in which the insecticide causes damage to the insect
stomach acids
fatal when eaten
contact poisons
fatal when come into contact with - walked on/touched
fumigants
becomes a gas above 5 degrees celcius
inorganic
no carbon
organic
has carbon atoms. most insecticides are organic, but divided into natural and synthetic
What are Natural insecticide separated into
plant based & mineral oils
what are synthetic insecticides separated into
inorganic and organic
How are natural insecticides made
refining natural substances
how are botanical insecticides made
plants
how are mineral oils made
refining petroleum
what are botanical insecticides used for
wide usage
what are mineral oils used for
fruit tree insects and mosquito larvae
4 major groups of active ingredients
organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, neonicotinoids
Most precise method of grouping insecticides
active ingredients
how do active ingredients get grouped
chemical makeup
What are pyrethoids
fast developing group of modern insecticides replacing older ones
very effective
safer for humans
highly toxic to insects in small dosages
what are third generation pyrethoids used in
cotton, corn, soybeans
what are third generation pyrethoids useful against
above ground insect pests
what are more potent, third generation pyrethoids or fourth
fourth
application of fourth generation pyrethoids against third generation
1/10th of 3rd generation
Carbamates
useful against broad spectrum of insects
wide application in agriculture
environemntally persistant
toxic to pollinators and parasitoids
highly toxic to humans
Organophosphates
nazi made
derived from phosphoric acid
very toxic to insects
unstable in light and breaks down into non toxic substances
most widley used group of insecticides used today
organophosphates
Organophosphate - Aliphatic Derivatives
Includes straight carbon chains
Tepp (Aliphatic Derivative)
oldest and most toxic. used for fly control.
Malathion (aliphatic Derivative)
effective against many insects
agricultural and home use.
used against lice, fleas, mites
Organophosphate - Phenyl Derivatives
greater stability. residues last somewhat longer in environment
Organophosphate - Heterocyclic derivatives
difficult to measure residue. limited for use on food for human consumption
Neonicotinoids
nicotine. used on aphids, leafhoppers, whiteflies, termites. low toxicity to mammals
Phenylpyrazoles
made only of fipronil which acts as a potent blocker of
the GABA-regulated chloride channel
pyrroles
contact and stomach modes of action, only chlorfenapyr
pyrazoles
contact and stomach modes of action, tebufenpyrad and
fenpyroximate
pyridazinones
rapid knockdown and long residual properties, only
pyridaben
Pyradine Azomethines
only pymetrozine, precise MoA unknown
Oxadiazines
only indoxacarb, sodium channel blocker
Insect Growth Regulators
generation 3 insecticide. disrupts growth process.
Repellants
chemical that causes insect to move away from source
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
First widely used synthetic organic insecticides. not used in US because of safety concerns. (DDT.)
DDT & relatives of DDT
Banned. residue in human bodies.