1st long quiz crop pro 14.

These bore into plants and destroy the tissues of the

plants, fruits or seeds
1. In the context of Integrated Pest management, what
is the primary focus of cultural control methods? Answer: Boring insects

Answer: Crop Rotation and Planting practices 15. Sudden Outbreak of a pest in a severe form in a region at
a particular time
2. Which of the following is an example of pheromone used
in IPM for insects pest management? Answer: Pest Epidemic

Answer: Sex attractant 16. The average Density of a population over a long period of
time
3. What is the primary purpose of using cover crops in IPM?
Answer: GEP
Answer: Attracting beneficial insects
17. Refers to a specific point at which the density of a pest
4. Which method of pest control involves the release of population becomes great enough to warrant the
natural enemies, such as predators of parasites to control application of control measures
pest population?
Answer: Economic Threshold Level
Answer: Biological control

5. In IPM, what does the term economic threshold refer to?

Answer: Pest damage justifies control measures

6. What is the role of trap crops in IPM?

Answer: Diverting pest away from the main crops

7. Which of the following is a non-chemical method used in

physical control for managing pests?

Answer: Ultraviolet Light traps

8. What is the primary objective of using resistant crop

varieties in IPM?

Answer: Reducing the need of Chemical Pesticides

9. In the IPM approach, what is the significance of

monitoring and scouting?

Answer: Assessing pest population dynamics or Identifying

beneficial insects

10. Which of the following is an example of a biological

pesticide used in IPM?

Answer: Beauveria Bassiana

11. Insect pests can be classified into various groups based

on their mode of feeding

Answer: Classification 1

12. Insects that enables to pierce through plants and suck

liquid materials from plant tissues

Answer: Piercing and Sucking Insects

13. Example of some common storage pests of grains

Answer: Maize weevils