As an Organic Farmer, You Want to Create a Substance

question 185

Multiple Choice

As an organic farmer, you want to create a substance that will lure a particular species of harmful insect away from your potato fields, while leaving beneficial insect species there.Which would be most effective in attracting the harmful species to a distant location?

• A) An extract of the type of potatoes they normally eat
• B) An extract of the aggregation pheromone produced by the harmful insect species
• C) An extract from a different kind of potato
• D) A formula containing honey
• E) An extract of the alarm pheromone produced by one of the beneficial insect species

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