GAP Pest & Disease Management Flashcards
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What is the primary goal of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in a GAP-certified operation?
Answer: Manage pests using the least-risk methods while minimizing environmental impact
IPM prioritizes a combination of cultural, biological, and chemical controls chosen for effectiveness and lowest environmental risk.
Under GAP standards, when must a pesticide applicator consult the pesticide label?
Answer: Before every application
GAP requires consulting the label before every application because rates, intervals, and use conditions can vary by crop and pest.
Which document must a GAP farm maintain to demonstrate pesticide applications were made correctly?
Answer: Pesticide application records including product, rate, date, and applicator
Pesticide application records are required to verify label compliance and support traceability during audits.
What is the pre-harvest interval (PHI) for a pesticide?
Answer: Minimum number of days between last pesticide application and harvest
The PHI ensures pesticide residues degrade to safe levels before the crop reaches consumers.
A GAP operation detects aphid populations below the economic threshold. What is the recommended action?
Answer: Monitor the population and withhold treatment
When pest populations are below the economic threshold, continued monitoring without treatment is the IPM-compliant response.
Which practice best reduces the risk of pesticide resistance developing in a GAP farm operation?
Answer: Rotating pesticides with different modes of action
Rotating products with different modes of action prevents pest populations from developing resistance to a single chemistry.