NY Pesticide Applicator case studies
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The New York State Pesticide Applicator Certification is a credential administered through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) for people who apply, supervise, or direct the use of pesticides in commercial, agricultural, institutional, and governmental settings. New York regulates pesticide use under its Environmental Conservation Law, and the certification structure separates a shared core of law, safety, and environmental content from category-specific technical material covering agricultural plant and animal work, forestry, ornamental and turf, aquatic applications, right-of-way and industrial sites, structural and health-related pest control, and regulatory, demonstration/research, and aerial application. The NY Pesticide Applicator case studies are 5 cases and about 3,684 words.
1Drift Next to a Blooming Vineyard
You are a certified commercial applicator hired to control poison ivy and brush along a 1,200-ft fence line on a horse farm. Two hundred fifty feet downwind to the east is a 6-acre commercial vineyard in full bloom.
764 words, about 4 min2Grubs on a School Soccer Field
A school district asks you to rescue a 4-acre varsity soccer field before the season opener in three weeks. At six sample sites you find 10–12 live white grubs per square foot, the turf peels back like carpet, and skunks have been digging overnight.
571 words, about 3 min3Pyrethroid Failure in Potatoes
You manage pest control for a 60-acre potato field on sandy loam. Colorado potato beetle larvae are still feeding after two applications of bifenthrin (IRAC group 3A), the last six days ago, and defoliation is 25% and climbing.
815 words, about 4 min4A Farm Pond Used for Irrigation and Trout
A horse farm asks you to clear duckweed, which covers about 40% of a 1.5-acre, 6-ft-deep pond, plus floating mats of filamentous algae. The pond is the irrigation source for 5 acres of lettuce and tomatoes and the drinking water for 20 horses; it is stocked with brook trout and overflows into a cattail marsh that drains to a trout stream.
783 words, about 4 min5German Cockroaches in a 40-Unit Building
A 40-unit apartment building has German cockroaches in 12 units; the first-floor restaurant and second-floor trash room are also affected. Three months ago a licensed firm applied fipronil gel in the kitchens, and counts dropped sharply, but roaches are back and tenants report seeing them in daylight.
751 words, about 4 min