3210 Exam 2 - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Refers to passage of an herbicide through the surface of a particle Absorption
100%
Release of absorbed and adsorbed herbicide from soil, helped by rain Activation
100%
Herbicide/chemical doing the work Active ingredient
100%
Herbicide interacts with soil particles Adsorption
100%
Non-living plant parts Apoplast
100%
Representative herbicide (triazines) Atrazine
100%
Diverts electron from PS1 and reacts with O2 Bipyridilium Mechanism of action
100%
Inhibits NADPH production Bipyridiliums
100%
Treating an entire area (ground application, aerial, herbigation) Broadcast application
100%
Slightly toxic Caution
100%
IUPAL name that gives proper chemical notation to completely describe compound structure Chemical name
100%
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
100%
Pesticide activity/composition validation, proposed label conforms to EPA standards, no adverse affects on non-target organisms/environment EPA Petitioning
100%
No adverse effects on environment, safe for use, unclassified General use
100%
Overstimulate auxin hormone response, symptoms can occur within hours, mimics auxin Growth regulators
100%
Synthetic or natural compound designed to control unwanted vegetation Herbicide
100%
Water loving, water soluble Hydrophilic
100%
Herbicide is caried through soil profile by water Leaching
100%
Fear of lipids, water soluble Lipophobic
100%
Sequence of events following initial application of an herbicide until final effect is observed Mode of action
100%
Plants living outside their natural geographic regions Non-indigenous
100%
Nucleus membrane Nuclear membrane
100%
Representative herbicide (Bipyridilium) Paraquat
100%
Structure moving proteins, sugars, amino acids up and down the plant Phloem
100%
Starts on older leaves and moves to newer tissues, chlorosis of leaf tips and tissue between veins, later symptoms are necrosis Photosynthetic inhibitor symptoms
100%
Plant incorperated protectants PIPs
100%
Structure used to move herbicide between cells Plasmodesmata
100%
Applying into visible weeds (burndown, in-crop) Post-emergence
100%
Surface application prior to planting Pre-plant
100%
Herbicide tilled into soil (PPI) Pre-plant incorperated
100%
Application rate is >10x labeled rate (crops/weeds) Resistant
100%
Must possess proper license, for use only by certified applicators, when giving to others - person with license is liable Restricted use
100%
Concentrated systemic herbicide, wipes solution on the crop, weeds typically must be taller than the crop Rope-wick applicator
100%
Herbicide runs off with soil particles Runoff
100%
Unregistered use for limited time, EPA must determine "emergency", authorized up to 1 year, supported by written letters Section 18 permit
100%
Kills weeds and non-desirable crops Selective herbicide
100%
Invasives quickly grow to population that is too high to eradicate Smeda theory
100%
Application rate is 1x labeled rate (weeds) Susceptible
100%
Living plant parts Symplast
100%
Application rate is 2-10x labeled rate (crop) Tolerant
100%
Herbicide from solid/liquid to gas, influenced by vapor pressure Volatility
100%
Moderately toxic Warning
100%
Extended regulation to all herbicide, regulates sales in US and between countries, responsibility shifted from USDA to EPA, misuse transferred to applicator 1972 FIFRA amendment
0%
Established that this can only be applied from 7:30am-5:30pm, only sprayed on resistant cotton/soybeans, June 10 cutoff date, buffer distance of 240 ft to sensitive crops, must spray on days with no wind 2023 Dicamba Law in Missouri
0%
Materials designed to help herbicide not react with water, penetrate the cuticle, stay on target, spread evenly on leaf, form emulsion, not freeze Additives
0%
Biological selectivity, control in advantageous spots, reduce tillage dependence, controls broad aray of life cycles Advantages of herbicides
0%
Movement through non-living plant parts Apoplastic
0%
Targeted application, primarily in orchards/specialty crops, directed spray Banded application
0%
Invasive species often are more competitive than native species Better competition hypothesis
0%
All contacted tissue affected, nonselective, damage is as uniform as coverage Bipyridilium
0%
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast2. Diverts electron, generates reactive oxygen species 3. Initiates autocatalytic lipid peroxidation 4. Cells die 5. Plants die Bipyridilium Mode of Action
0%
Water-soaking on leaves (dark green appearance), necrosis and death of all parts contacted, drift injury is speckling Bipyridilium symptoms
0%
Killing everything while green Brownout
0%
Acts as antenna complex to harvest more light, assist in transferring light energy to PSII, Scavenges oxygen radicles Carotenoids
0%
Consists of ligning called suberin Casparian Strip
0%
Total cations in soil that can be contained CEC
0%
DOXP synthase Clomazone
0%
Representative herbicide (isoxazolidones) Colmazone
0%
Simplified version of chemical name (ex: Glyphosate) Common Name
0%
Very toxic Danger
0%
Inhibit chlorophyll synthesis and causes lipid peroxidation, browning and necrosis on leaf tissue Diphenyl ethers
0%
Shield crop from potentially toxic chemical Directed spray
0%
Off-target injury, spray tank contamination, movement into environment, persistence/carryover, disposal of containers/residues, crop injury following application, incomplete weed control, toxicity to humans/animals Disadvantages of herbicides
0%
Representative herbicide (ureas) Diuron
0%
Only issued by EPA, company must apply, sought if awaiting approval, not required if <10 acres land/<1 acre water, effective for 1 year, EPA can extend Early use permit
0%
Upon introduction, healthy plants are produced, natural predators left behind Enemy release hypothesis
0%
Very lipophilic wax layer Epicuticular wax
0%
Set standard that products had to contain a list of active ingredients and quantity included Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
0%
FIFRA Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
0%
Originally enforced by USDA - now EPA, put into place safety requirements for pesticide development, placed burden of safety on sponsoring company, stopped shipment of unapproved chemicals, updated in 1958 FIFRA
0%
No substance known to cause cancer can be put in animal/human food FIFRA Delaney Cancer Clause
0%
Zeta-carotene desaturase Fluridone
0%
First law specifically addressing pesticides, supported by arsenic poisoning in UK Food and Drug Act of 1906
0%
Abolished Delaney clause, new standards of "reasonable certainty regarding pesticide safety" (no more than 1/1,000,000 chance), children considered special case (1/10 normal amount) Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
0%
Blocks function of glutamine synthetase, ammonium levels build up impacting photosynthesis Gluphosinate
0%
Trade name, active ingredient, inert/other ingredients, EPA regulation # Herbicide label overview
0%
Pesticide injected into an irrigation system Herbigation
0%
New geographical areas with no predators, rapid growth, aren't recognized as invasive, prolific reproduction, thrive in multiple habitats, defense mechanisms to disadvantage other crops, exploit limiting factors How plants become invasive
0%
Fear of water, lipid soluble Hydrophobic
0%
Compounds to make the herbicide soluble or miscible in water (liquids in water formulations, clay in solid forms) Inactive ingredient
0%
Chloroplast membrane Inner/outer envelope
0%
Targeted unethical people from selling chemicals that did not do what was stated, Administered by USDA, didn't address health risks Insecticide Act of 1910
0%
Non-indigenous species/strain that become established in natural plant communities Invasive
0%
Identify plant, eliminate factors that encourage/favor invasive species, use effective tools, establish native species to fill the space Invasive species management
0%
Inhibit ACCase by binding to it Lipid synthesis inhibitor mechanism of action
0%
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast2. Inhibits ACCase 3. Lipid synthesis stops 4. Plant growing point dies 5. Plants die Lipid synthesis inhibitor mode of action
0%
fops/dims Lipid synthesis inhibitors
0%
Lipid loving, not water soluble Lipophile
0%
Embedded wax, cutin matrix Lipophilic cutin matrix
0%
Root system (casparian strip), foliar (cuticle, hair) Major barriers restricting herbicide uptake
0%
Interference of a herbicide with a specific biochemical or molecular process that leads to injury/death Mechanism of action
0%
Representative herbicide (triketones) Mesotrione
0%
Blocks HPPD Mesotriones
0%
All plants contacted by chemicals are affected Non-selective herbicide
0%
Representative herbicide (phenyl pyridazinones) Norflurazon
0%
Phytoene desaturase Norflurazon
0%
Chemicals produced by weeds are more effective in new environment than in old environment Novel weapons theory
0%
A weed designated by state or national authorities as a plant that is injurious to agriculture and/or horticultural crops and/or humans and livestock Noxious
0%
Effect of radiation on internal chemical bonds, can eliminate herbicide activity, changes parent molecule Photodegredation
0%
Important soil herbicides in corn/grain sorghum production Photosynthetic inhibitor key point
0%
Inhibits specific enzymes in plants Pigment inhibitors Mechanism of action
0%
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast2. Inhibits specific enzyme 3. Carotenoids and xanthophylls no longer made 4. Photosynthesis in new tissue stops 5. ROS generated aren't quenched 6. Cells die 7. Plants die Pigment inhibitors mode of action
0%
Tissue in sensitive plants bleached, leaf tips sometimes tinged purple Pigment inhibitors symptoms
0%
Cell membrane Plasmalemma
0%
Application post planting, prior to crop/weed emergence Pre-emergence
0%
Each use of a pesticide contributes a specific amount of exposure risk to humans, all uses combined/added, when full, no additional uses of pesticides are permitted, 1/10 normal amount for children Risk Cup
0%
Ratio of herbicide bound to soil vs. free in soil solution Soil Sorption Coefficient
0%
Targets specific weeds in certain areas, intended for post application, used in turf/specialty crops/pastures/forested areas Spot spraying
0%
Movement through living plant parts Symplastic
0%
Vacuole membrane Tonoplast
0%
Proprietary name of pesticide, typically trademarked Tradename
0%
Targets process in PSII that prevents electron transfer from Qa to Qb Triazines, Ureas, Uracils mechanism of action
0%
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast2. Inhibition of electron transfer 3. Light energy to chlorophyll generates reactive oxygen species 4. Initiates autocatalytic lipid peroxidation 5. Cells die 6. Plants die in 7-10 days Triazine, Ureas, Uracils Mode of Action
0%
Representative herbicide (uracils) Turbacil
0%
Structure moving water, nutrients up the plant Xylem
0%
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