Exam questions you missed

What is the state lead agency for Ga?

The Georgia Department of Agriculture

How is tolerance and residue defined for the FDA and EPA?

The EPA sets the legal limits (tolerances) for pesticide residues in or on food, while the FDA enforces these limits by testing domestic and imported foods.

List three uses of a pesticide that are NOT consistent with the label, but are NOT ILLEGAL.

Using a lower rate of application than approved by the label.

Spraying less applications than approved by the label.

Using on a pest that is not prohibited by label.

Approximately, how many potential pesticides does Bayer screen each year (first year of development process) to eventually register one or two products.

250000

Approximately how many years does it take to develop a pesticide from discovery to market launch?

10-12

Given that patents only protect a new pesticide for a finite period, approximately how long does a company have to sell product and recoup their costs (and pay for new development) before the product may go generic? (assuming no extensions of their patent protection)

about 6 years

What does copper do in bordeux?

The copper denatures enzymes and proteins in SH3

What is IRAC (what do the letters stand for) and what do they do (relative to our lectures)?

IRAC:Insect Resistance Action Comitee

. It is an industry technical group that classifies insecticides by their mode of action (MoA) to provide tools, education, and strategies to prevent or delay the development of resistance in insects, mites, and nematodes

Most systemic insecticide move:

Up in the plant (root to leaves)

Unselected

Down in the plants (leaves to roots)

If an inert liquid or solid is added to a pesticide active ingredient to prepare a formulation it is defined as a? (Fill in the blanks, one word answer)

dilutant

Gaseous pesticides that were usually packaged under pressure and stored as liquids are defined as? (Short one word answer)

fumigants

T/F Pesticide drift is considered a non-point source of contamination.

True

What is the standard accepted dimension and mass for an acre furrow slice used for soil adsorption studies?

43,560 ft2, 6.4" deep, and 2,000,000 lbs soil

What does "Volume Median Diameter" (VMD) mean?

here is an equal volume of liquid in droplets larger than and smaller than the VMD.

Used in Xtendflex, or Enlist traited crops.

Growth Regulators (WSSA Group 4, 19)

Which of the following will not INCREASE droplet size?

Increase spray pressure

Decrease nozzle size (or flow rate)

Decrease spray pressure

Increase nozzle size (or flow rate)