QAL "B" License-Landscape Maintenance Pest Control Chpt 1
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: - Correct Answer water,
nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) - Correct Answer insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes Pests that are vertebrates: - Correct Answer rodents that make burrows, mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves
Four main groups of landscape pests: - Correct Answer Weeds, invertebrates,
vertebrates, plant pathogens
Weeds are classified as: - Correct Answer undesirable plants
Invertebrate pests are: - Correct Answer insects, spiders, mites, nematodes, snails, slugs
Vertebrate pests are: - Correct Answer rodents, other mammals, birds
Plant pathogens are: - Correct Answer bacteria, viruses, fungi, other microorganisms Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) - Correct Answer many seeds (dormant for up to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
Two main classifications of weeds: - Correct Answer dicots & monocots
Definition of Dicot: - Correct Answer Broadleaves, produces two seedling leaves
(cotyledons)
Parasitic Dicots: (2) - Correct Answer Mistletoe and dodder
Invertebrates are: - Correct Answer animals without backbones
Arthropods: - Correct Answer "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives) Biotic Disease Factors: - Correct Answer Pathogens that are spread form one host to another.Three landscape biotic pathogens: - Correct Answer bacteria, fungi, & viruses Fungi characteristics: - Correct Answer Can live off both living and dead plant tissue
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