Explain how to manage pests.
Explanation should include
- IPM
- types of pest management (e.g., biological, mechanical, cultural, sterilization, and chemical)
- pesticide action
- use of pesticide safety information, including
- centralized bulletin board
- personal pesticide safety training
- EPA-approved warning signs
- PPE
- safety data sheets (SDS)
- chemical storage, disposal, and mixing areas
- pesticide labels
- identifying sensitive environments
- pesticide movement
- discussing pesticide formulations (e.g., liquid, dry, fumigants, adjuvants)
- discussing the use of pesticide application equipment, including hand-pump sprayer, backpack sprayer, gas or electric sprayer, foggers, and granule dispensers
- discussing the timing of pesticide application
- discussing pesticide formulations, including wettable powders, emulsifiable concentrate, dusts, aerosols, fogs, smokes, and granules
- pesticide compatibility
- discussing disposal methods
- pest resistance to chemicals
- phytotoxicity
- discussing the use of chemicals to manage pests, including
- mixing liquid pesticides
- applying pesticides, using a backpack sprayer
- calibrating pesticide application equipment
- discussing granular pesticide application methods
- discussing organic chemicals and biological controls.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the key components of IPM?
- How can a grower determine whether a contact poison or a systemic poison should be applied?
- What are the environmental hazards associated with irresponsible pesticide use?
- What safety precautions must be observed when handling pesticides?
- What information is printed on every pesticide label?
- What is pesticide compatibility?
- When is the application of a chemical pesticide justified?
- What PPE is associated with pesticide application?