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What factors should be taken into account when selecting a pesticide to use for a pest problem in your garden?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A high point in the U.S. horse population was reached in the mid-1990s with an
  estimated 26.6 million head.
 
  A. True B. False

Question 3

What is the difference between the way a systemic pesticide works and the way a non-systemic works?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Which would not be classified as a riding horse?
 
  A. Appaloosa B. Palomino C. Pinto D. Percheron
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6 years ago
Answer to #1

Is the pesticide specific to kill only that pest? What is the toxicity of the pesticide?
Is the pesticide non-toxic to beneficial organisms? What is the residual life of the pesticide?

What is the mode of action of the pesticide?

Is there a biological or biorational control that can be used for this pest problem?

Answer to #2

B

Answer to #3

A systemic pesticide moves through the vascular system of the plant and kills all pests that feed on the plant. A non-system pesticide kills on contact.

Answer to #4

D
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Good timing, thanks!
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