Test One

Question 0

Explain cultural and give an example

Answer 0

Management techniques

Crop rotation

Question 1

Name the five types of IPM controlles

Answer 1

Cultural
Genetic
Physical
Biological
Chemical

Question 2

Genetic

Answer 2

Selecting the best species for the environment will provide some host plant resistance

Question 3

Physical

Answer 3

Physically remove….vacuum plants

Question 4

Biological

Answer 4

Introduce natural enemies ie fly predictors, ladybird Beatles

Question 5

Chemical

Answer 5

Pesticides

Question 6

Why was IPM created?

Answer 6

Economics

Question 7

When are control cost justified?

Answer 7

When pest populations exceed the EIL

Question 8

What is EIL?

Answer 8

Economic injury level

Question 9

Bioeconomic method (3 elements)

Answer 9

1) economic damage
2) economic injury level
3) economic threshold

Question 10

Economic damage

Answer 10

The amount of injury which will justify the costs of artificial controls

Question 11

When does economic damage begin?

Answer 11

Economic damage begins at the point when the cost of damage = the cost of suppression

Question 12

Damage boundary aka?

Answer 12

Damage threshold-the lowest level of injury that can be measured

Question 13

Graph

Answer 13

Measurable loss/ damage boundary then economic loss/ gain threshold followed by economic damage

Question 14

Economic threshold

Answer 14

The number of pests at which control action should be started to prevent an increasing pest population (injury) from reaching the economic injury level

Question 15

When is it time to take action?

Answer 15

Et economic threshold/ action threshold

Question 16

Economic injury level def

Answer 16

Lowest number of pests that will cause economic damage…damage boundary is always lower than the EIL

Question 17

How did government contribute to IPM initiatives in America?

Answer 17

Voluntary!