What Is a Disadvantage of Using Pheromones to Control Pests?​

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is a disadvantage of using pheromones to control pests?​

• A) ​They are costly and time-consuming to produce.
• B) ​They are more effective in the juvenile stage than the adult stage.
• C) ​They are ineffective with most insects due to resistance.
• D) ​They are biologically magnified in non-target species.
• E) They only work in large amounts.​

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Environment

A rephrased definition: The composite of physical, biological, and chemical factors that constitute the surrounding of a particular organism or group of organisms.

Inherited Traits

Characteristics or attributes genetically passed from parents to offspring through their genes.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well-adapted organisms.

Reproduction

The biological process through which new individual organisms are produced from their parents.