If You Applied a Fungicide to a Cornfield, What Would

question 63

Multiple Choice

If you applied a fungicide to a cornfield, what would you expect to happen to the rate of decomposition and net ecosystem production (NEP) ?

• A) both decomposition rate and NEP would decrease
• B) neither would change
• C) decomposition rate would increase and NEP would decrease
• D) decomposition rate would decrease and NEP would increase

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