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Question 1

What are Antimicrobials and their trade names?

Answer 1

• Used as Protectant Fungicides and Disinfectant with poor results on turfgrass. Hard on equipment
  
  • Hydrogen Dioxide - Zerotol
  • Potassium bicarbonate - Kaligreen
  • Dipotassium phosphate - Biophos

Question 2

What do Insect Growth Regulators (IGR) do?

Answer 2

• Inhibit growth and development

Question 3

What is Halofenozide?

Trade name?

Answer 3

• MACH2
• Insect Growth Regulator that Causes premature and lethal molts (losing skin) on insects.
• Good for grub control and is Low Toxic

Question 4

What are Microbials?

Answer 4

• Fungi, Bacteria and Nematodes that aid in the health of plants.

Question 5

What is Beavaria bassiana?

What class?

Answer 5

• fungus that lives in the soil and attacks insects of all life stages.
• Called Naturalis T
• Works well on Chinch Bugs
• MICROBIALS

Question 6

What is Trichoderma harzianum?

What class?

Answer 6

• A fungus that attacks other Fungus
• Granular formulation for dollar spot control
• Trade names:
  
  • Rootshield
  • Turfshield
• MICROBIALS

Question 7

What are Neotyphodium endophytes?

What class?

Answer 7

• Lives in Rye and Fescue
• can be added to commercial grass seed
• infected grass is more stress tolerant
• Works well in Turfgrass
• caution - If seed isn’t stored properly, endophyte dies
• MICROBIALS

Question 8

what is Bacillus thuringiensis?

What class?

Answer 8

• Most effective Biocontrol agent made
• Sprayable bacterial spore that breaks down in an insects gut.
• There are Host specific strains for different pests
• MICROBIALS
• Non Toxic

Question 9

What is Basilis popillae?

What class?

Answer 9

• Bacteria in native soil that causes Milky Spore Disease in Japanese Beetles
• Non Toxic
• Mixed results in turf
• MICROBIALS

Question 10

What is Basilis licheniformis?

What class?

Answer 10

• Trade Name: EcoGuard
• A Bacteria used for Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Dollar Spot
• Not great control, but can be used in addition to other fungicides
• MICROBIALS

Question 11

What is Basilis Subtilis?

What class?

Answer 11

• Trade Name: Rhapsody, Companion
• to help control brown patch, and pythium blight
• Can be used with other fungicides for synergy
  
  • Needs to be Integrated with other products
• MICROBIALS

Question 12

What are Entomopathogenic nematodes?

What class?

Answer 12

• parasites of white grubs that act as an insecticide
• Non Toxic
• MICROBIALS

Question 13

What are Spinosyns?

What class?

Answer 13

• Trade Name: Conserve SC
• fungal insecticides used as a nerve toxin with stomach and contact activity
• MICROBIALS

Question 14

What is the most effective Biocontrol agent?

Answer 14

Basilis thuringiensis