Question Set 1 for the CEU Series

To earn one core continuing education unit for the Florida pesticide applicator license, read the article "Understanding IPM" in the February 2009 issue of Florida Grower magazine, page 12 or read the article online. Submit your answers, along with your license number, to be graded. If you answer enough questions correctly, you'll receive a validated CEU attendance form good for one core CEU. You can mail your answers to attention of Gene McAvoy, UF/IFAS Hendry County Extension, P.O. Box 68, LaBelle, FL 33935; Phone: 863-674-4092. You can also e-mail them to gmcavoy@ufl.edu or fill out the form below.

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1. Define integrated pest management?

2. What is the goal of an integrated pest management strategy?

3. What are the five components of a well designed IPM program?

4. What is the first step in any pest management program?

5. Define economic threshold.

6. Define economic injury level.

7. What is an action threshold as defined in an IPM program?

8. What are two common methods of monitoring insect activity in crops?

9. What factors should be examined when considering a control method?

10. A sound IPM program strives to coordinate the use of __________ ____________ into a single integrated system.

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