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Agricultural Crop Disease Management - Category 1C - Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicator Manual - VocabularyPlant Disease - correct answer Any abnormal plant growth. Symptoms - correct answer Visible effects of a plant disease on a host plant. Pathogen - correct answer The parasitic organism that causes a disease. Plant Disease Triangle - correct answer 1 - Susceptible Host Plant 2 - Pathogen 3 - Favorable Environment Host - correct answer Plant being invaded by pathogen and servi...

Iowa Commercial Applicator License FFDCA - correct answer Governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed products FIFRA - correct answer Regulates pesticide distribution, sale, and use WPS - correct answer Protects employees on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses from exposure to agricultural pesticides FQPA - correct answer Sets more rigid standards for pesticide residues on food The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population de...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Correct Answer information-intensive, decision-making process that identifies & reduces risks from pests & pest management strategies components of IPM - Correct Answer correct identification of pest, accurate monitoring & measurement of the population, economic assessment of the damage & selection of environmentally sound management tactics characteristics which are important for identification - Correct Answer order of the pest, special characteristi...

Intro: Types of pesticide applicators in Iowa - answer-Commercial Applicators (another person for compensation); Public Applicators (as employee govt agencies); Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer); Private Applicators (agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides) Intro: Describe certification & recertification requirements - answer-Certification: Employed by a certified, licensed company;...

Iowa Core Manual Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass If you are mixing a product that has a Section 18 emergency exemption in addition to the label on the product, what do you use for instructions on how to mix the product? - Answer- Section 18 label The presence of sandy soil and a high water table _______ the potential risk of groundwater contamination. - Answer- increases What should you do to contain a small pesticide spill? A. Surround the spill with containment snakes or pillows. ...

Iowa Pesticide Applicator Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Intro: Types of pesticide applicators in Iowa - Answer- Commercial Applicators (another person for compensation); Public Applicators (as employee govt agencies); Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer); Private Applicators (agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides) Intro: Describe certification & recertification requirement...

Iowa Certified Applicator Core Manual Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Commercial applicator - Answer- person who uses pesticide on any property of another person for payment Public Applicator - Answer- persons who use pesticide as state, county, municipal, or government employees Non-commercial applicators - Answer- persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land owned, rented, or leased by applicator Private applicators - Answer- persons who apply pesticides for the production ...

Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicator Category 1A Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is the greatest hazard when applying most herbicides? - Answer- Injury to nontarget plants Name some herbicides which are very effective against germinating weeds but less effective on established weeds. - Answer- Frontier, Lasso, and Dual What soil conditions reduce the activity of many herbicides and require increased rates for adequate weed control? - Answer- Higher levels of soil organic matter...

Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Answer- information-intensive, decision-making process that identifies & reduces risks from pests & pest management strategies components of IPM - Answer- correct identification of pest, accurate monitoring & measurement of the population, economic assessment of the damage & selection of environmentally sound management tactics characteristics which are important for identi...

Iowa Core Exam Review Pesticide Applicators Questions and Answers 100% Pass United States Protection Agency - Answer- Regulates pesticide use in the united States FIFRA - Answer- Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act What does FIFRA do? - Answer- Regulates the production, transportation sale use and disposal of all pesticides IDALS - Answer- Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship IDALS job - Answer- Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators. FFDCA - Answer...

Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicator Category 1A Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is the greatest hazard when applying most herbicides? - Answer- Injury to nontarget plants Name some herbicides which are very effective against germinating weeds but less effective on established weeds. - Answer- Frontier, Lasso, and Dual What soil conditions reduce the activity of many herbicides and require increased rates for adequate weed control? - Answer- Higher levels of soil organic matter...

Iowa commercial applicator license sample test (core) 100% Solved 2024 Which statement is true about cultural control practices? 1. Trapping is an important cultural control practice. 2. Cultural practices alter the environment, the condition of the host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. 3. Sanitation is not considered a cultural practice. 4. Cultural controls involve the release of parasites and predators found in foreign countries. - Answer- • Cultur...