Deciding to Use a Natural Enemies Approach to Control the Mites

question 45

Multiple Choice

Deciding to use a natural enemies approach to control the mites that infect her crops,a farmer purchases 10,000 ladybugs in the spring and spreads them over her 100 acre fields.This represents the use of natural

• A)predators.
• B)parasitoids.
• C)pathogens.
• D)plant-eaters.

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Definitions:

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