Pest Management

How do pests cause problems?

• Reduced crop yield

• Reduced Quality

• Added Costs

• All of these

What are some disadvantages of using chemicals to control pests?

• Toxic

• Bad for environment

• Pesticide resistance

• All of these

An example of a cultural control method would be:

• Crop Rotation

• Mowing weeds

• Spraying herbicide

• Using goats to eat weeds

use of a cultivator would be an example of which type of pest control?

• Cultural

• Biological

• Mechanical

• Chemical

Using a disease to kill off a insect pest is an example of which control method?

• Cultural

• Chemical

• Biological

• Physical

Using a varieties of soybeans that deal well with a disease is an example of which control method?

• Biological

• Regulatory

• Cultural

• Resistant Cultivars

Use of heat or irradiation to kill a disease is known as?

• Chemical control

• Regulatory control

• Physical control

• Biological control

Use of a nematicide is a __________ control method

• Chemical

• Resistant cultivar

• Genetic Modified

• Physical

A herbicide that kills all weeds in known as:

• Selective

• Non-selective

A herbicide that is applied to the leaves of the plant are known as:

• Foliar applied

• Soil applied