Title: Explain how to manage pests.
Course: Greenhouse Plant Production and Management (18052-III) > Section: Managing 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?