PESTICIDES Kay Box EDCI 270
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO YOU??? Through this power point you will learn a lot about how pesticides are used and how they effect crops. They all have different effects and through this I hope you can learn about how they interact with the food that YOU eat and make you choice on if pesticides are safe. HAVE FUN!!!!
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Main Menu Types of Pesticides Pesticides and Uses Pesticides Used in Corn Pesticides used in Soy Beans Sprayers for Pesticides FINAL QUIZ
What is a Pesticide? Take a few seconds and think about it… Any thoughts?? A Pesticide is a “Substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals” –Dictionary.com
What do Pesticides not destroy?? They Destroy: A) Insects Insects B) Weeds Weeds C) People People CLICK ON THE RIGHT CHOICE TO MOVE ON
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Uses of Pesticides Herbicides: Kill Weeds Insecticides: Kill Insects Larvicides: Target Larvae
Match the Picture with the Right Pesticide! Herbicides
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Match the Picture with the Right Pesticide! Pesticides
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Match the Picture with the Right Pesticide! Larvicides
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TYPES OF PESTICIDES There are more than one????????????
Chemical Pesticides Bio pesticides Antimicrobials Pest Control Devices
Chemical Pesticides= Disrupt enzyme nervous systems Biopesticides= Target pests and naturally occur in the environment Antimicrobials= destroy viruses, bacteria and micro-organisms Pest Control Devices= kill weeds, insect eggs, and algae
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Antimicrobials kill micro-Organisms? TrueFalse
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PESTICIDES IN CORN
Types Carbaryl / Servin Kill mosquitos Active with rainfall Protects Corn Malathion Kills Fruit Flies Combats Wes Nile virus Low toxicity
What Fits Best with the Options? Malathion Carbaryl / Servin
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What Fits Best with the Options? Malathion Carbaryl / Servin
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Pesticides in Soy Beans Do You know any of them?
Azoxystrobin Fungicide Prevents mushrooms from growing Protects fruits and vegtables
Boscalid Fungicide Also used for canola, grapes and peanuts Sprayed Seasonally
Chlorothalonil Fungicide Control Mold and mildew A powder substance
Pyraclostrobin Fungicide Fights Mildew Cross Resistant
Which one is a fungicide? Chlorothalonil Pyraclostrobin Boscalid Azoxystrobin All of the above
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What Needs to be Sprayed Seasonally? Chlorothalonil Pyraclostrobin Boscalid Azoxystrobin All of the above
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Types of Sprayers How many can you list?
Hand Held Sprayer They are convenient Small and used for house hold problems Small pesticide concentration
Back Pack Sprayer Can hold larger quantities of pesticides Used on small fields and gardens Easier to carry
Tractor Sprayer Used for big fields Faster for spraying Most efficient for tractor use
Crop Dusting Use plans to fly over fields Extremely time efficient Expensive
Which way is the fastest way to spread pesticides? Hand Held Sprayers Back Pack Sprayers Tractor Sprayers Crop Dusting
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Which one is used for large fields? Hand Held Sprayers Back Pack Sprayers Tractor Sprayers Crop Dusting
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QUIZ TIME Are you ready to take the Quiz? If not, don’t worry about it! GO back and review through the notes! The quiz will be harder than the practice questions so be prepared! When you are completed the quiz come to my desk for candy HAVE FUN
Herbicides are weed killers? TrueFalse
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Larvicide are not Growth regulators? TrueFalse
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Insecticides are very general and can be used on all plants? TrueFalse
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Chemical Pesticides disrupt the enzyme nervous system? TrueFalse
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Bio pesticides target pests? TrueFalse
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Sevin Protects Corn? TrueFalse
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Boscalid is sprayed seasonally? True False
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Chlorothalonil is NOT a fungicide? TrueFalse
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Pyraclostrobin is cross resistant? TrueFalse
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Hand held sprayers are very large? TrueFalse
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Back Pack Sprayers are easy to carry? TrueFalse
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Crop dusting uses plans to spray fields? TrueFalse
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CONGRATES YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE QUIZ!!!!!!!! Go get your candy