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What agency has the mandate to administer a national pesticide applicator training and certification program? ✔✔United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the "lead agency" in NYS for its pesticide applicator training and certification program ✔✔Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
What other pesticide related responsibilities does this NYS agency have? ✔✔Bureau of Pesticides Management has all regulatory responsibilities dealing with pesticides, including preparing and giving exams for certification and enforcing state and federal pesticide regulations
What factors differentiate between a private and a commercial applicator? ✔✔Commercial is any property not your own, private specifically relates to use on agricultural crops
What is the purpose of a re-entry interval? ✔✔to protect the consumer from harmful residues and to guard the safety of your workers
What does the term "target crop" mean? "non target?" ✔✔target crop means the crop targeted by the pesticide, non target means crops that might unintentionally be treated by drift
What is the purpose of the Worker Protection Standard? ✔✔Covers the use of pesticides for the direct production of agricultural plants on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. Requires that pesticide- related info must be shared and steps be taken to reduce the risk of illness and injury. Enforced by the NYS DEC
What information must a commercial pesticide applicator provide to the owner/operator of a nursery who hires them to apply pesticides to manage pests? ✔✔-specific location and description of area being treated
-time and date scheduled for application
-product name, EPA registration #, and active ingredient
- any restricted-entry interval (REI)
-any other specific requirements on label about protecting workers
In turn, what information does the owner/manager have to provide to the commercial applicator? ✔✔-specific location/description of areas that may be treated with a pesticide or under REI
-any restrictions on entering areas to be treated that have been treated
What are five cultural practices imposed to woody and herbaceous landscape plants that can facilitate the management of pests thus reducing the need for applications of pesticides? ✔✔- mulching
-IPM
-select resistant crops
-create thresh-holds
-keep plants healthy
What are two ways pests can move from an outside environment to interior environments? ✔✔- being present on one or more plants when they were introduced to the interior growing environment
-being able to gain access to the building through vents, windows, etc. or by hitchhikers on people/animals
Why are pesticide applications made indoors potentially more hazardous to humans? ✔✔because of the close proximity plants share with their human co-habitants
Identify 4 practices that can reduce spray drift. How does each reduce drift? ✔✔-work when there is very little wind
-use granulars instead of sprayers
-lower pressure, use larger nozzles
-minimize distance between sprayer and plant
fluid onces per gallon ✔✔128 floz = 1 gal
lbs per gallon ✔✔8.3lbs = 1 gal
feet per acre ✔✔43,560 ft = 1 acre
