Unit 3-Crop Protection Flashcards
Pest plants that complete their life cycle in one year.
Annual Weeds
Weed that persists in the community by continuing to grow year after year
Perennial Weed
Chemical that kills pests
Pesticides
Example of organism that can carry plant diseases
Insects, Nematode works, molluscs
Pesticides whose action is targeted
Selective
Chemicals that affect all tissues of an organism’s body
Systemic
Build up or magnify
Accumulate
Method of controlling pests using natural predators, parasites or diseases
Biological Control
Use of chemical, biological and cultural means to control pests
Integrated pest management
Chemical substance that kills fungal pest species
Fungicides
Unable to be broken down by enzymes
Persistent compound