chp. 10 vocab
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- biocide
- a broad-spectrum poison that kills a wide range of organisms
- fungicides
- a chemical that kills fungi
- biological pests
- organisms that reduce the availability, quality, or value of resources useful to humans
- herbicides
- a chemical that kills plants
- pesticide
- any chemical that kills, controls, drives away, or modifies the behavior of a pest
- pesticide treadmill
- a need for constantly increasing doses or new pesticides to prevent pest resurgence
- pest resurgence
- rebound of pest populations due to acquired resistance to chemicals and nonspecific destruction of natural predators and competitors by broadscale pesticides
- insecticides
- a chemical that kills insects
- carbamates
- urethanes such as carbaryl, aldicarb, etc. that are used as pesticides
- integrated pest management
- an ecologically based pest-control strategy that relies on natural mortality factors, such as natural enemies, weather, cultural control methods, and carefully applied doses of pesticides
- organophosphates
- organic molecules to which phosphate groups are attached
- biological controls
- use of natural predators, pathogens, or competitors to regulate pest populations
- inorganic pesticides
- inorganic chemicals such as metals, acids, or bases used as pesticides
- natural organic pesticides
- "botanicals" or organic compounds naturally occuring in plants, animals or microbes that serve as pesticides
- persistent organic pollutants
- chemical compounds that persist in the environment and retain biological activity for long times
- economic thresholds
- in pest management, the point at ehich the cost of pest damage exceeds the costs of pest control
- chlorinated hydrocarbons
- hydrocarbon molecules to which chlorine atoms are attached
- fumigants
- toxic gases such as methyl bromine that are used to kill pests
- microbial agents
- beneficial microbes (bacteria, fungi) that can be used to suppress or control pests. Also called biological controls