The Advantage of Using the "Ice-Minus" Strain of Pseudomonas Syringae

question 27

Multiple Choice

The advantage of using the "ice-minus" strain of Pseudomonas syringae is:

• A)reducing susceptibility to fungi.
• B)increasing resistance to bacteria that thrive at low temperatures.
• C)increasing resistance to herbicides.
• D)reducing susceptibility to frost.
• E)increasing resistance to insect larvae.

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Variation

A statistical measure that shows the dispersion of data points or distribution relative to the mean, usually expressed as a percentage.

Standard Deviation

It quantifies the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Variance

A measure of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of data.