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Entomology 4015: Ornamentals and Turf Entomology

Web Quiz 2: Hosts and Damage
Quiz 2 Instructions
  From your readings on the websites below and other websites, please answer the following questions. Answer the questions in an email message and put your name and quiz # in the email message subject. Answers should be emailed to pests@umn.edu. All enclosures must be labeled "last name, quiz #.doc or "last name, quiz #.rtf." Students may not copy each other's answers, although they are encouraged to discuss the assignment with their classmates. Please do not copy and paste text from the websites; instead, paraphrase or summarize your answers. Answers that appear too similar, or appear to be copied, will be given a grade of 0 that cannot be dropped.
Quiz 2 Questions
  Go to the interiorscape site at CUES and answer the following questions.
  1. Explain why melon aphid can be a pest year round in a greenhouse. (2 pts)

  2. Which pest feeds on roots? Describe the life cycle of this pest. What biological control manages this pest? (3 pts)

  3. What pest secretes cottony wax that protects the nymph from pesticides? (1 pt)

  4. Explain how broad/cyclamen mites and their damage are different than twospotted spider mite. (2 pts)

  5. Describe how brown soft scale feeds on plants and causes damage. (2 pts)

Quiz 2 Online Resources
 

CUES Interiorscape Site


CUES

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