NC Pesticide Cert.Core Manual Terms Q-Z
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| show | A regulatory method to control the introduction and dissemination of plant and animal pests into new areas. Involves inspections, treatments, and destruction of contaminated plants/animals or their parts.
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| show | A compound that keeps insects, rodents, birds, or other pest away from plants, domestic animals, buildings or other treated areas.
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| show | A pesticide that continues to remain effective on a treated surface or area for extended period following application.
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| show | The pesticide active ingredient or its breakdown product(s) that remain in or on the target site or in the environment after treatment. Pesticide residues may be on treated crops, feed products, or livestock that are moved from the treatment site.
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| Resistant | show 🗑
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| Restricted-Entry interval (REI) | show 🗑
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| show | Pesticide that can be purchased only by certified pesticide applicators and used only by certified applicators or persons under their direct supervision. Not available for use by the general public because of high toxicities and/or environmental hazards.
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| Rinsate | show 🗑
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| Rodenticide | show 🗑
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| show | Low concentrate formulations that are ready to use and require no further dilution before application.
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| show | The movement of water and associated materials on the soil surface
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| Safener | show 🗑
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| show | The layer of soil, sand, gravel, or fractured bedrock in which all available spaces are filled with water.
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| show | A pest that becomes a serious problem when a key pest or natural enemy is controlled or eliminated.
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| show | A pesticide applied to seeds before planting to protect them from insects, fungi, and other soil pest.
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| show | A pesticide that is toxic to some pests but has little or no effect on other similar species. Ex: some fungicides are so selective that they control only powdery mildews and no other fungi.
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| show | A container designed to hold concentrate or diluted pesticide mixtures; not the original pesticide container.
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| show | The maximum period of time that a pesticide concentrate can remain in storage before losing some of its effectiveness.
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| show | Words that are required to appear on every pesticide label to denote the relative acute toxicity of the products.
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| Signal Words | show 🗑
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| Site | show 🗑
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| show | A thick suspension of a pesticide made from a wettable powder and water.
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| show | To soak or wet the ground surface with a pesticide. Large volumes or the pesticide mixture are usually needed to saturate the soil to any depth.
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| Soil Incorporation | show 🗑
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| Soil Injection | show 🗑
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| Solubility | show 🗑
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| Soluble Powder | show 🗑
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| show | Mixture of one or more substances in another substance (usually a liquid) in which all the ingredients are completely dissolved. Ex: sugar in water
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| show | A liquid such as water, oil, or alcohol that will dissolve another substance (solid, liquid, or gas) to form a solution.
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| Spore | show 🗑
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| Spot Treatment | show 🗑
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| Spray Deposit | show 🗑
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| Spreader | show 🗑
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| show | Refers to the ability of a chemical such as a pesticide to resist breaking down into metabolites. A highly stable pesticide can be stored for long periods without loss of activity.
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| Sterilant | show 🗑
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| show | An adjuvant used to improve the adherence of spray droplets to a plant, animal, or other treated surface.
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| Stomach Poison | show 🗑
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| show | Pests that attack and destroy building and other structures, clothing, stored food, and manufactured/processed goods. Ex: termites, cockroaches, clothes moths, rats, dry-rot fungi.
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| Summer Annual | show 🗑
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| Supplemental Labeling | show 🗑
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| Supplemental Labeling | show 🗑
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| show | An inert ingredient that improves the spreading, dispersing, and/or wetting properties of a pesticide mixture.
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| show | A plant, animal, or site that is affected by a pest. Also refers to pest populations that con be controlled by pesticides.
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| show | The width of the area covered by one sweep of an airplane, ground sprayer, spreader, or duster.
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| show | Any detectable change in an organism resulting from the activities of a pathogen or other pest. Also, an indication of pesticide poisoning in humans and other animals.
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| Synergism | show 🗑
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| Systemic Effects | show 🗑
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| Systemic Pesticide | show 🗑
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| Tank Mix | show 🗑
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| show | The plants, animals, structures, areas, or pests at which the control method is directed.
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| show | Weather-related event that occurs when cool air is trapped near the surface under a layer of warm air.
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| show | Under these conditions very little vertical mixing of air occurs, and small spray droplets or vapors may remain suspended in the cool air layer for long peroids and move with any air flow. Damage from spray drift often occurs under such conditions.
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| show | An insecticide used to control termites
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| show | A drift control adjuvant such as cellulose or gel used to promote the formation of a greater proportion of large droplets in a spray mixture.
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| show | A characteristic of organisms (including pest) that are able to withstand a certain degree of stress such as weather, pesticides, or attack by a pest.
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| show | Poisonous to living organisms.
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| Toxicant | show 🗑
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| Toxicity | show 🗑
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| show | The study of the effects of toxic substances on living organisms.
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| Toxin | show 🗑
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| show | The brand name that is registered as a trademark by the manufacturer
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| Translocation | show 🗑
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| show | The process of decontaminating an empty pesticide container by partially filling the container with water, replacing the lid, shaking the container, and the pouring the rinsate in the spray tank. The process is repeated three times.
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| show | Sprays that are applied at 0.5 gallon or less per acre, often as the undiluted formulation.
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| Unclassified Pesticides | show 🗑
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| Vapor Drift | show 🗑
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| Vapor Pressure | show 🗑
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| Vector | show 🗑
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| show | An animal characterized by a segmented backbone or spinal column.
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| Virus | show 🗑
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| Volatility | show 🗑
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| show | A signal word used on pesticide products that are considered moderately toxic.
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| show | A dry, granular formulation that breaks apart and disperses to form a suspension when added to water (See DRY FLOWABLE)
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| Water-soluble Concentrate | show 🗑
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| show | Wettable powder or soluble powder formulations packaged in special type of plastic bag that dissolves and releases it contents when placed in water.
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| Water Table | show 🗑
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| show | A plant growing where it is not wanted or where it is in direct conflict with the well-being of humans and their activities.
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| Wettable Powder | show 🗑
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| show | An adjuvant used to reduce the surface tension between a liquid and the contact surface for more thorough coverage.
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| Winter Annual | show 🗑
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