Crop
Protection
1. The author of the published milestones
of Philippine Entomology was:
a. Antonio S. Sedeno
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c. Emiliana N. Bernardo
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The stages of insects that undergo a
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holometabolous type of metamorphosis
include the
a. Egg, larva, pupa, adult
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c. Egg, naiad, adult
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A specialized field in entomology dealing
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with species that are important in beneficial
or injurious manner.
a. Economic Entomology
b. Insect Morphology
c. Insect Ecology
d. Insect Physiology
Insect Morphology
is the study and description of the physical
form of insects
Insect Ecology
is the study of how insects, individually
or as a community, interact with its
environment or ecosystem
Insect Physiology
is the study of the physical and chemical
mechanisms that make it possible for
the insects to survive in every
environment otherwise, they will go
extinct
4. The earliest insects found during the
Middle Devonian period, Rhyniella
praecursor, belong to the insect order
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a. Thysanura
b. Protura
c. Collembola
d. Diplura
5. The ventral portion of the thorax
and abdomen is known as:
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6. The segment of the insect’s antennae
that nearly always contain a sensory
organ is known as the:
a. Clavola
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c. Pedicel
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7. The insect pest commonly known as corn
earworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm,
cotton bollworm and sorghum headworm is
scientifically known as:
a. Ostrinia furnacalis
b. Leucinodes orbonalis
c. Helicoverpa zea
d. Spodoptera litura
Wings of insect are purposely used for
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flying. The anterior most vein of an insect
forewing is _________.
a. Jugum
b. Costa
c. Anal
d. Radial
9. Known as insect vectors of viruses
causing tungro diseases:
a. Nephotettix virescens
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c. Hydrellia philippina
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Nephotettix
virescens
Green leafhopper
Nilaparvata lugens
Brown planthopper
Rice grassy stunt
Hydrellia
philippina
Rice whorl maggot
Leptocorisa
oratorius
Slender Rice
Bug
10. Nephotettix viriscens belong to the
Suborder _____________.
a. Hemiptera
b. Heteroptera
c. Homoptera
d. Phthiraptera
Hemiptera
Homoptera Heteroptera
11. These are relatively minor pests whose
populations rise to economically damaging
levels only at certain times or in certain
places.
a. Key pests
b. Migrant pests
c. Potential pests
d. Occasional pests
Key Pests
Pests which frequently causes
unacceptable damage and thus
typically requires a management
action
Migrant Pests
Present on certain time of the year
during its move from one place to
another
Potential pests
Pestthat could cause significant
economic loss if allowed to
establish
12. The third segment of the insect’s leg is
known as :
a. Femur
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c. Tarsus
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13. The injury caused by a “putakti”
or wasp comes from this body region
of the insect.
a. Head
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c. Thorax
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14. The system in insects which consists of
hardened sclerotized plates joined together by
thin unsclerotized strips and provides rigidity
with flexibility.
a. Digestive system
b. Integumentary system
c. Excretory system
d. Muscular system
15. Paired structures located dorsally on
the abdomen of aphids that secrete
substances to repel predators.
a. Cornicles
b. Vasiform orifice
c. Pincers
d. Furcula
Cornicles
Vasiform orifice
Whiteflies
Pincers
16. The damage inflicted on the rice plant
by the brown planthoppers characterized
as drying and browning of tillers due to
removal of plant sap.
a. Tungro
b. Grassy Stunt
c. Hopperburn
d. Rice blast
Tungro Disease
o Stunting
o Reduced tillering
o Discoloration from
leaf tip to below the
leaves
o Partially filled grains
Grassy Stunt
o Severely stunted
plants
o Excessive tillering
o Plants fail to
produce panicles
o Yellowish green
leaves
o Narrower and
shorter leaves than
normal
Rice Blast
o White to gray-
green lesion with
dark green
borders on
leaves, stem and
panicles
Hopperburn
o Yellowing and
burning of plants
o Presence of sooty
molds at the base
of plant
17. Pterothorax pertains to the winged
segments of the insect’s thorax.
a. No
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c. Probably
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18. The damage caused by larvae of
stemborers when they feed on the rice
plants before the flowering stage is known
as:
a. Deadheart
b. Whiteheads
c. Hopperburn
d. Damping-off
Deadheart
o Dead tillers easily
pulled from the base
during vegetative
stage
o Frass or fecal matters
inside damaged stems
Whiteheads
Whitish, unfilled or
empty panicles
during reproductive
stage
Damping-off
rotting of stem and root
tissues at and below the
soil surface
Emerged seedling
becomes mushy and soft,
falling over at the base
19. An important mite pest of roses and
other crops especially in the Cordillera
Region.
a. Tetranychus urticae
b. Polyphagotarsonemus latus
c. Aphis gossypii
d. Tetranychus kanzawai
Tetranychus urticae
Two spotted spider
mites
Polyphagotarsonemus
latus
Broad mites
bell pepper, chili, citrus,
tomato, eggplant,
cucumber, papaya, potato
Aphis gossypii
Cotton aphid
Tetranychus kanzawai
Kanzawa red mite
Citrus, Beans and
Mulberries
20. Bactrocera dorsalis is a pest of
this crop:
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Bactrocera
dorsalis
Fruit fly
21. A cultural practice against pest utilized
to enhance the activities and survival of
natural enemies is ______________.
a. Trap crops
b. Biological control
c. Habitat diversification
d. Cultivation
22. Early harvest of the crop is a
_____ type of control against pests.
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Cultural Control
Change in the way the crops are grown to make it
suitable for natural enemies and unsuitable for pests
Chemical Control
Use of chemicals to kill or mitigate the
pests
Physical Control
Modification
of physical factors in the
environment to minimize or prevent
pest problems
Mechanical Control
Use of hands-on techniques as well as
simple equipment, devices, and natural
ingredients that provide a protective barrier
between plants and insects
23. Water management can be
categorized under all methods of control
pests except:
a. Cultural
b. Chemical control
c. Physical control
d. Mechanical control
24. Armyworms and cutworms prefer
to pupate in the
a. Leaves
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c. Panicle
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25. A category of pest that causes no
significant damage under the conditions
currently prevailing however, this can be a
key or occasional pest if conditions in the
field are disrupted.
a. Key
b. Occasional
c. Potential
d. Migrant
26. Pests that are focal point of pest
management systems are termed as:
a. Key
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c. Potential
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27. Prediction technology is useful to
prevent this pest’s outbreak.
a. Key
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c. Potential
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28. This method involves the
manipulation of the cultural management
practices to suppress the weeds.
a. Mechanical
b. Cultural
c. Chemical
d. None
29. An adjuvant or surfactants that improve
absorption of herbicide by raising the humidity
or spray film and leaf surface are called
______.
a. Emulsifiers Adjuvant
b. Humectants Chemical added to
c. Dispersing agents
formulation to enhance
performance of pesticides
d. Fertilizer additives
Emulsifiers
Enable the mixing of herbicides with other liquid
to form an emulsion
Dispersing Agents
Dispersesthe chemical in water while
keeping the suspension active
Fertilizer additives
Example: Ammonium sulfate in
herbicides
30. Which of the following pests is not an
arthropod?
a. Santol gall mite
b. Golden apple snail
c. Melon fruit fly
d. Corn earworm
31. Pathogenicity refers to the ability of
the pathogen to cause:
a. Disease
b. Resistance
c. Susceptibility
d. Tolerance
Pathogen: Disease
causing organism
32. A toxic substance which is readily
available and kills pests instantly.
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33. Inoculum refers to a pathogen or
part of the pathogen that can initiate
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Infection
Pathogen establishes contact with host cells or tissues
and procures nutrient from host
Dissemination
Transfer of inocolum from the site of production to the
susceptible host surface
Inoculation
Initial contact of a pathogen with a site of
plant where infection is possible
Colonization
Growth and reproduction of the pathogen
in or on infected tissues
Successful colonization results in the
appearance of symptoms
34. It is a symptom of stemborer damage during
the reproductive stage of the rice plant which
is characterized by the pale appearance of the
unfilled grains.
a. Deadheart
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c. Whitehead
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False Smut
o Mass of yellow
or velvet
fruiting body
35. This is responsible for widespread
distribution of the inoculum:
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36. The corn disease incited by Bipolaris
maydis may be controlled by this group of
pesticides.
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37. In case a disease is not known to you
previously, it is necessary to resort to:
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Koch’s Postulate
Thesuspected causal organism must be constantly
associated with the disease
Thesuspected causal organism must be isolated from an
infected plant and grown in pure culture
When a healthy susceptible host is inoculated with the
pathogen from pure culture, symptoms of the original
disease must develop
Thesame pathogen must be re-isolated from plants
infected under experimental conditions.
38. Fungal pathogens are often isolated by
this method
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39. It is characteristic of fungi.
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40. Which of the following root symptoms
should raise suspicion of a nematode
problem?
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41. The term for eggs hatching within the
uterus following by expulsion of living
young is called ______________.
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Amphimictic
Sexual reproduction
Parthenogenetic
Development of embryo from unfertilized egg cell
Example: Aphids
Oviparous
Eggs are laid after fertilization
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reproduction in bacteria
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Budding
New organism is produced from an outgrowth or bud
due to cell division at particular site
Spore
Dormant form of bacteria (Bacillus and
Clostridium)
Binary Fission
Transverse Fission
43. A group of pathogens that infect
a set of plant varieties.
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Species
the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus
composed of related individuals that resemble one
another
are able to breed among themselves but are not
able to breed with members of another species
Race
a subgroup of pathogens within a species
that infect a given set of plant varieties
may be distinguished from each other by
virulence or symptom expression but not by
morphology
Pathovar
set of strains with the same or similar
characteristics
differentiated on the basis of distinctive
pathogenicity to one or more plant hosts
Biovar
strainthat differs physiologically and/or
biochemically from other strains in a
particular species
44. To reduce phytotoxicity,
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to the fungicides.
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45. Water-soluble fungicides in powder
from that contain inert diluents and
wetting agents.
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Granules
A.I
is coated onto, or mixed into, an inert
carrier such as refined clay
More expensive in terms of shipping
expenses
Usually used in applying chemical to soil
Emulsifiable Concentrate
AI is dissolved in organic
solvent and then suspended
in water
Contains emulsifier
Wettable Powders
AI is finely ground and mixed with inert dry materials
Contains wetting agents
Abrasive to equipment and prone to settling in spray
tank
Dusts
AIis mixed into an appropriate finely
ground carrier
Can drift to nontarget organisms
46. A general necrosis caused by rapid
growth and advance of the causal bacteria
through leaves and stems.
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Blast
Rice Blast
gray-green lesions
or spots, with dark
green borders
Rot
Disintegration and decomposition of host tissue
Dry rot: Firm dry
decay
Soft rot: soft
watery
decomposition
Blight
generalnecrosis due to
rapid growth and
advance of bacteria
47. An interaction between two
organisms where both are adversely
affected.
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Parasitism
Amensalism
Commensalism
48. Crop rotation falls under the
methods of:
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49. Legal actions intended to exclude
potential pests and to prevent spread of
those already present is termed as:
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Eradication
Destruction of already present
pests
Containment
Strict quarantine from the already
infested region
Suppression
reducethe number of pests to a level
where the harm they cause is
acceptable
50. If entomology is the study of
insects, plant pathology is the study of:
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51. He is considered as the father of
plant pathology.
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52. Blight pathogens affect this
capacity of the plant:
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53. Ergot may induce affliction
called:
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54. An approach to weed management
that implies non-exchange of weeds
from one area to another.
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55. Pierre Marie Alexis Millardet formulated
this substance, which became foundation
of chemical disease control of plant
diseases.
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56. This weed management approach is
deemed ideal for it deals with both present
and future weed problems.
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57. When a peanut plant has a root and
stem rot diseases which leads to wilting,
the wilting symptoms are classified as:
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Primary symptoms
those that are the immediate and direct results of
the pathogen’s activities
Secondary symptoms
effects
on the distant and
uninvaded parts
Localized symptoms
distinct and limited
structural changes
Systemic symptoms
more
generalized
changes
58. The symptom is also called a
lesion.
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b. Blast
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59. The rotting of seedlings prior to
emergence is called:
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60. Conditions caused by inanimate
agents are also called:
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61. The primary reproductive structures
of fungi are called __________.
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Mycelium
Mass of hyphae
Surviving
structure of fungi
62. Weeds and crops have similar
requirements that is why weeds are
characterized as:
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63. Which is considered as the world
worst weed?
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[Link] indica
[Link] spinosus
Galinsoga parviflora
Galliant soldier
Eleusine indica
Goosegrass
Amaranthus spinosus
Spiny amaranth
Cyperus rotundus
Purple nut sedge
64. Example of a broad-leaf
weed.
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Imperata cylindrical
Cogon grass
Cyperus rotundus
Purple nut sedge
Commelina benghalensis
Tropical spiderwort,
Wandering jew, Benghal
dayflower
Leersia hexandra
Clubhead cutgrass
65. This herbicide adjuvant reduces stops
spray droplets from rolling from the target
site___________.
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Drift control agents
Acts as thickener to reduce number of fine
drops created at the nozzle
Buffers
Added to maintain the spray solution
at the correct pH
66. Which do not conform with the
principle of entomology?
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[Link] insects are winged
[Link] all insects have antennae
[Link] insect have 3 body regions
67. The gestation period of rodents
is:
a.25 days
b.30 days
c.21 days
d.31 days
68. The order category in insect
classification where most of the
representative insects are natural enemies.
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69. Major weeds of crops
deposited in the soil seed bank are
estimated to be at
a.1-5%
b.10-20%
c.50-70%
d.70-90%
70. Type of pheromones ants
have:
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