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Principals of Pest Control
Unit 1
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Undergraduate 1
06/24/2016

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Host
Definition
A plant or animal on or in which a pest lives.
Term
Juvenile Hormones
Definition
Natural insect chemicals that keep the earlier stages of an insect from changing into the normal adult form.
Term
Labeling
Definition
The pesticide product label and other accompanying materials that contain directions that pesticide users are legally required to follow.
Term
Mycoplasmas
Definition
The smallest known living organism that can reproduce and exist apart from other living organisms. They obtain their food from plants.
Term
Nematodes
Definition
Small, usually microscopic, eel-like roundworms.
Term
Non-target organism
Definition
Any plant or animal other than the pest that is being controlled.
Term
Pathogen
Definition
An organism that causes disease in other organisms.
Term
Pheromones
Definition
Chemicals emitted by an organism to influence the behavior of other organisms of the same species.
Term
Predator
Definition
An organism that attacks, kills and feeds on other organisms.
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Scouting
Definition
Regularly searching for, identifying and assessing numbers of pests and the damage they are causing.
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