Farmers Have Been Able to Genetically Engineer a Wide Variety

question 17

Multiple Choice

Farmers have been able to genetically engineer a wide variety of crops that possess an enormous diversity of traits.If a farmer wanted to increase the ability of his crops to access ground water that is several meters below ground which type of root system would he want?

• A)taproot
• B)prop roots
• C)fibrous roots
• D)pneumatophores
• E)aerial roots

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