Glossary Buglady Consulting

Glossary

Acaricide	Pesticide that controls mites and ticks, not insects
Active ingredient	The chemicals in a product that are principally responsible for the effects and that are shown as active ingredient on label
Adjuvant	Any substance in a formulation which enhances the effectiveness of the product
Bacteria	A single-celled microscopic plant-like organism that does not produce chlorophyll. It can cause disease in plants or in insects.
Beneficial insects	Insects that feed or parasitize pest insects or mites.
Biological control	The use of living organisms, such as predators, parasitoids, and pathogens, to control pest insects, weeds, or diseases. Typically involves some human activity.
Biochemicals
Biopesticide	Biopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals.
Chemical control	Pest management practices which rely upon the application of synthetic or naturally-derived pesticides.
Chlorosis	Loss of green color in foliage followed by yellowing of the tissue.
Classical biological control	The importation of foreign natural enemies to control previously introduced, or native, pests. This is usually a one time release and the enemies establish themselves.
Cocoon	A silken case formed by an insect larva for pupation
Cultural practices	Pest management practices that rely upon manipulation of the plants environment (e.g., cultivation of weeds harboring insect pests).
Desiccant	Any substance or mixture of substances used to accelerate the drying of tissue
Emulsifier	A surface active substance which promotes the suspensions of one liquid in another.
Entomopathogenic	Causing disease to an insect
Family	A taxonomic subdivision of an order, containing a group of related genera. Family names end in -idae.
Fungus, Fungi	Any of numerous plants lacking chlorophyll, ranging in form from a single cell to a body of branched filaments. Can cause plant diseases or be used to control insects
Honeydew	The sugary liquid discharge from certain insects such as aphids and scales. This provides a growing media for sooty mold.
Host	The organism in or on which a parasitoid lives; a plant on which an insect feeds.
Host plant resistance	The qualities possessed by a plant that reduces the chance of damage to the plant by a pest or pests.
IPM	(Integrated pest management). An approach to the management of pests in which all available control options, including physical, chemical, and biological controls, are evaluated and integrated into a unified program.
IGR	(Insect Growth Regulator). Disrupt the molting, maturity from pupal stage to adult, or other life processes of insects.
Insecticide resistance	Genetically inherited ability to not be killed by a pesticide.
Mite	Any of several minute invertebrates belonging to the phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida.
Miticides	Kill mites that feed on plants and animals.
Ovicides	Kill eggs of insects and mites.
Nematode	An elongated, cylindrical worm that can not be seen with the naked eye. Some species can parasites plants while other kill insects.
Nonselective	A pesticide that typically kills everything, good and bad bugs.
Parasitoid	An insect that feeds in or on another living animal, consuming all or most of its tissues and eventually killing it.
Pathogen	A disease-causing organism.
Pesticides	A substance that is used to kill, debilitate, or repel a pest.
Pheromones	Biochemicals used to disrupt the mating behavior of insects.
Physical Control	Control of pests by physical means such as heat, picking off, or barrier.
Phytotoxic
Predator	An insect or mite that attacks and feeds on other insect or mites, normally killing several individuals during its life cycle.
Scouting	Surveying the number of organisms (pests or natural enemies) or damage by examining a defined portion of the crop.
Surfactant	A material which favors or improves the emulsifying, dispersing, spreading, wetting, or other surface modifying properties of liquids