Besides Lure-And-Trap, How Else Might Pheromones Be Used to Decrease

question 86

Multiple Choice

Besides lure-and-trap, how else might pheromones be used to decrease insect populations?

• A)use a pheromone that insects detect as a warning system
• B)Spray insect-attracting pheromones right on the plant. The many species of insects that collect will compete and potentially kill each other.
• C)Concentrated solutions of pheromones tend to dissolve the chitin of which insect are made.
• D)all of the above

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