Practice Problems

  1.     A complaint regarding uncontrolled leafy spurge and canada thistle on an empty lot on the west edge of Woburn was received by a weed board member. He has asked you, the weed officer to check it out. You drive to the lot and find both leafy spurge and canada thistle in bloom. A walk across the lot and around the perimeter reveals a level surface with no apparent obstruction to mowing except tall grass and weeds which would make it difficult. There are rows of tomato plants adjoining the lot on both the east and west sides.  A check on ownership indicates the taxes are two years past due and the owner lives in Bellvue, MD. What do you do?

Answers:

Scenario 1. Contact the owner and explain the situation regarding the weeds and his legal requirement to control them. You suggest that keeping the lot mowed regularly would be one good solution which would not have the problem of possible spray drift onto the sensitive plants on adjoining lots. You provide him with the names, addresses and phone numbers of three landscaping contractors in the area who will do that type of maintenance.

Scenario 2. Contact the owner and explain the situation regarding the weeds and his legal requirement to control them. You suggest that keeping the lot mowed regularly would be one good solution which would not have the problem of possible spray drift onto the sensitive plants on adjoining lots. The owner says he can't afford to hire that done and asks for any suggestions you may have. You offer to speak to the adjoining lot owners to see if one of them will do it in exchange for using the lot for parking and storage.

---There is almost always more than one solution to this type of problem---

 

 

 

Complete the quiz below by answering the questions and entering your solution to the problems presented. Submit it to the North Dakota Weed Control Association by clicking on the "Submit" button.

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ND Weed Management Quiz

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     1.  IPM means using only insects for weed control
     2.  Translocation means moving plants to a new location
     3.  Eradication of a weed infestation is not always feasible
     4.  Weed management should be a cooperative effort
     5.  Cost should not be a factor in weed management planning
     6.  A group of individuals from Georgia have recently purchased 360 acres of property in the central part of the county. You suspect the seller neglected to tell them about the infestation of leafy spurge throughout the western 1/3 of the property. What should you do?    
     7.   An individual has contacted you saying they have recently inherited a quarter of land on the east side of the county. When they were at the FSA office to change the CRP contracts they were told about noxious weeds on the property and that they should contact you. You are familiar with the property and know that there is are several small  spots of leafy spurge in the CRP. The CRP contract covers about 110 acres. The rest of the property is noncropland which has sometimes been hayed. The new owner lives out of state and has no equipment for control and does not intend to spend any time on the property. Describe two options he might consider.
     8.   Changing an alfalfa field to cropland to help control  canada thistle is an example of control.    
     9.   Releasing insects to control canada thistle is an example of which type of control?

                            a. mechanical
                           b. insecticidal
                            c. biological                          

     10.  A net can be used for monitoring flea beetle populations.

      

 
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