Forestry- #3 Forest Pest

Front 1

Forest pest can be categorized into three main areas: _____________, ____________, and __________.

Back 1

Insects, Diseases, and Weeds.

Front 2

The study for insects is called _____________?

Back 2

Pathology

Front 3

The study for diseases is called _______________?

Back 3

Entomology

Front 4

The study for weeds is called _______ ____________?

Back 4

Weed Science

Front 5

An attack in the forest by any pest is called an _______________.

Back 5

Infestation

Front 6

An organism that lives in or on another organism of a different kind and derives benefit without returning any is a ______________.

Back 6

Parasite

Front 7

The organism that it takes advantage of is the ______.

Back 7

Host

Front 8

More evolved Insects have four parts in their life cycle. An adult insect lays _____.

Back 8

Eggs

Hint 8

Front 9

The eggs hatch into ________.

Back 9

Larvae

Front 10

The larvae molt several times. Each stage of molting is called an ____________.

Back 10

Instar.

Front 11

The next stage, which often involves a cocoon, is called a _______.

Back 11

Pupa

Hint 11

Front 12

The pupa hatches into an ________.

Back 12

Adult

Front 13

One of the most common insect pests is the ________ ___________. Which bore usually into the cambium layer of the tree, although some species damage roots, twigs, cones, and solid wood.

Back 13

Bark Beetle

Hint 13

Front 14

The passage these and other insects make during feeding or excavating are called ______________.

Back 14

Galleries

Hint 14

Front 15

Sometimes when a plant gets irritated by an insect of some other pest, the tissue starts growing abnormally, causing a _______.

Back 15

Gall

Hint 15

Front 16

When insects start to colonize an area, the individual trees in which they begin reproducing and spread from, are called ________ ________.

Back 16

Brood Trees

Front 17

Any disease that causes rapid wilting and dieback on infected tissue is termed a __________, while yellowing of the tissues is called ______________.The laddering (second) condition can happen as a result not only of disease, but of mineral difficiency, girdling, or reduced light

Back 17

Blight and Chlorosis

Hint 17

Front 18

Often an organism that causes a disease (a ________________) relies on animals such as insects, or other factors such as wind, water, or seeds to transport it from one host plant to another. Those "transporters" are called ______________.

Back 18

Pathogen and Vectors

Front 19

Three main types of organisms that cause disease in forest plants are __________, ________________, and ___________.

Back 19

Fungus, Bacteria and Virus

Front 20

Three examples of diseases or problems in wood caused by fungus are _______, _____________, and ______________.

Back 20

Rust, Dry Rot, and Blue-stain

Hint 20

Front 21

One common plant that is a parasite of the forest trees is ______________.

Back 21

Mistletoe

Hint 21