Question

    Choosing nursery stock with higher levels of secondary

    plant compounds for resistance breeding would exemplify which plant resistance mechanism?
    A Antixenosis Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Xenobiosis Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Antibiosis Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Tolerance Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Antibiosis involves adverse effects on the insect pest’s biology (e.g., survival, reproduction) due to plant chemical compounds.

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