A Woodlot Was Sprayed with a Fungicide

question 73

Multiple Choice

A woodlot was sprayed with a fungicide. What would be the most serious effect of such spraying?

• A) a decrease in food for animals that eat mushrooms
• B) an increase in rates of wood decay
• C) a decrease in tree growth due to the death of mycorrhizae
• D) an increase in the number of decomposing bacteria
• E) a decrease in food for animals that eat mushrooms, and an increase in rates of wood decay

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