Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE Regarding Plant Defenses

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding plant defenses?

• A)When attacked by a combination of fungal pathogens and insects, plants will mount robust defenses against each of these organisms (i.e., they will not be "susceptible" to one or the other).
• B)A plant will always dedicate most of its resources to building defenses, even if this means the plant will be shorter than any neighboring plants.
• C)When grown in nutrient-rich environments, plants tend to dedicate most of their resources to producing constitutive defenses (such as thorns).
• D)Plants that demonstrate constitutive defenses will not mount inducible defenses, even in the presence of predators.
• E)None of the answer options is correct.

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