IL Pesticide Applicator flashcards
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- FIFRA
- The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is the federal law governing pesticide registration, labeling, and use in the United States.
- Signal word
- A word on the pesticide label (DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION) indicating the product's acute toxicity hazard to humans.
- Restricted-entry interval
- The minimum time after a pesticide application before workers may enter the treated area without required protective equipment.
- Preharvest interval
- The minimum number of days between the last pesticide application and harvest of the crop, specified on the label.
- Labeling
- The pesticide label plus all attached or referenced literature; use inconsistent with the labeling is a violation of federal law.
- Recordkeeping requirement
- Restricted-use pesticide application records must be kept for two years and include product, amount, date, location, and applicator information.
- Private applicator
- A certified person who applies restricted-use pesticides on land they own, rent, or lease for agricultural production without compensation for the service.
- Commercial applicator
- A certified person who applies pesticides for hire or on property not owned, rented, or leased by the applicator.
- Calibration
- The process of measuring and adjusting spray equipment output to deliver the label rate uniformly across the target area.
- Triple rinsing
- A container-cleaning procedure that rinses a pesticide container three times and adds the rinseate to the spray tank before disposal.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment specified on the label, such as gloves, respirator, and coveralls, required during handling and application.
- Spill response
- Stop the source, contain the material, protect people and water, then notify authorities as required by the label and law.
- Drift reduction
- Lower boom height, larger droplets, lower pressure, and drift-reduction adjuvants reduce off-target spray movement.
- Economic threshold
- The pest population level at which the cost of control equals the value of damage prevented; treat only above this level.
- Herbicide resistance management
- Rotating sites of action and using multiple effective modes of action slows the development of resistant weed populations.
- Crop rotation restriction
- A label statement specifying the interval before a sensitive crop may be planted after herbicide application.
- Tank mixing order
- The sequence of adding products to a spray tank, following label instructions and maintaining agitation to ensure compatibility.
- Preemergence herbicide
- A herbicide applied before weed seed germination to prevent weed establishment, often activated by rainfall or irrigation.
- Turfgrass calibration
- Adjusting granular or spray equipment to deliver the label rate uniformly; overlaps can cause turf injury.
- Thatch management
- Controlling the layer of dead organic matter in turf through aeration, dethatching, and proper fertility to reduce disease and pest pressure.
- Degree-day model
- A temperature-based model used to predict pest development and time insecticide applications for susceptible life stages.
- Reentry interval turf
- The label-specified time after application before people may use turf areas such as athletic fields and schools.
- Rights-of-way
- Land along roadsides, railroads, utility corridors, and fence lines where vegetation management applications occur.
- Aquatic herbicide
- A pesticide with an EPA aquatic-use registration that may be applied to water; standard herbicides cannot be applied to water.
- Buffer zone
- A label-specified distance between an application site and sensitive areas such as water bodies, wells, or adjacent property.
- Larviciding
- Applying pesticides to standing water and breeding sites to kill mosquito larvae before they become adults.
- Adulticiding
- Applying insecticides as ultra-low-volume fog or spray to control adult mosquitoes, typically during evening or night hours.
- ULV application
- Ultra-low-volume application produces fine droplets; effectiveness depends on droplet size, weather, and timing.
- Mosquito IPM
- An integrated program combining source reduction, larviciding, adulticiding, and public education to manage mosquito populations.
- Pest identification
- Accurately identifying the pest before selecting a pesticide; misidentification leads to ineffective or injurious treatments.
- Phytotoxicity
- Plant injury from a pesticide; risk varies by species and labels list sensitive plants and application restrictions.
- Systemic insecticide
- An insecticide absorbed by plants and effective against sap-feeding insects, unlike contact insecticides that require direct coverage.
- Fungicide rotation
- Alternating fungicides among mode-of-action groups to reduce resistance development in ornamental pathogens.