Turfgrass Pest Management Exam Prep
Turfgrass Pest Management
Exam Prep
Turfgrass pest management involves multiple steps; producing a healthy plant, correctly identifying the problem, recognizing that there will always be some pests and damage, and only using pesticides as a last resort. This course teaches the basics of pest and disease management for turfgrass, the different tools and techniques needed to successfully provide your clients with a healthy and attractive turf stand, and the common weed, disease, insect, and vertebrate pests that you'll need to be aware of.
This video exam prep course will walk you through the tools and techniques you will need to pass the turf management exam and be successful in your career. With over 300 practice questions, this course will provide you with the tools you need to pass the exam.
Chapter 1 – IPM for Turf Management
Lesson 1 – Basic Principles for Managing Common Turfgrass Pests
- Produce healthy plants
- Correctly identify the problem
- Understand that there will be pests and some damage
- Pesticide use is the last line of defense, not the first
- IPM – Detection and Monitoring
Lesson 2 – Integrated Pest Management
- Diagnosing and identifying turfgrass injury and causes
- Evaluating economic significance
- Select management tactics
Lesson 3 – Integrated Pest Management
- Select management tactics (cont.)
- Record keeping and evaluation
Chapter Practice Quiz
Chapter 2 – Cultural Practices
Lesson 1 – Requirements for a Healthy Turf
- Inappropriate growing conditions
- Water
- Temperature
- Sunlight
- Soil Structure
- Soil pH
- Nutrients
Lesson 2 – Establishing Turf
- Grass Plant Selection
- Planting Procedures
- Maintaining Turf
- Watering
- Mowing
- Fertilizing
- Aerating
- Dethatching
- Special Considerations for Shade
Chapter Practice Quiz
Chapter 3 – Pesticide Application Equipment
Lesson 1 – Application Equipment
- Spray Output Equipment
- Applying Pesticides
- Application Techniques
Chapter Practice Quiz
Chapter 4 – Calibration
Lesson 1
- Application Calculations
- Divide and Calculate
- Offset Line Method
Lesson 2
- When to Calibrate
- Liquid Spray Equipment
- Calibrating Small Sprayers
- Calibrating Showerhead Sprayers
- Calibrating Spray Equipment
Lesson 3
- Ounce-to-Gallon Method
- Granular Equipment
- Calibration Steps
Chapter Practice Quiz
Chapter 5 – Common Turfgrass Weeds
Lesson 1
- Weed Biology
- Weed Identification
- Annual Bluegrass
- Common Chickweed
- Mouse-Ear Chickweed
- White Clover
- Large Crabgrass
- Smooth Crabgrass
- Dandelion
- Ground Ivy
- Henbit
- Practrate Knotweed
- Yellow Nutsedge
Lesson 2
- Weed Identification (cont.)
- Broadleaf Plantain
- Buckhorn Plantain
- Quack Grass
- Creeping Speedwell
- Prostrate Spurge
- Yellow Weed Sorrel
- Common Yarrow
- Managing Turf Weeds
- Using Herbicides
- Herbicide Action and Weed Plant Characteristics
- Herbicide Action and Weather
- Correcting Application Mistakes
Chapter Practice Quiz
Chapter 6 – Common Turfgrass Diseases and Disorders
Lesson 1
- Disease Development
- Types of Fungicides
- Signs and Symptoms
- Common Turfgrass Diseases
- Anthracnose
- Dollar Spot
- Fairy Rings
Lesson 2
- Common Turfgrass Diseases (cont.)
- Leafspot and Melting-Out Diseases
- Pink Snow Mold
- Necrotic Ring Spot
- Powdery Mildew
- Pythium Blight
- Red Thread
- Rhizoctonia Brown Patch
- Rusts
- Slime Moles
- Stripe Smut
- Typhyla Blight
- Nematodes
Chapter Practice Quiz
Chapter 7 – Common Turfgrass Insect and Vertebrate Pests
Lesson 1
- Insect Pests
- Root Feeders
- Black Turfgrass Ataenius and Aphodius
- European Chafer
- Japanese Beetle
- May or June Beetle
- Sap, Stem, and Leaf Feeders
- Black Cutworm
- Bluegrass Billbug
- Hairy Chinch Bug
- Sod Webworm
- Nuisance Pests
- Ants
- Root Feeders
- Insect Management Review
- Vertebrate Pests
- Canada Geese
- Moles
Final Assessment
Practice Exam
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