Agriculture: Propagules and Seedlings
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What is the primary factor that makes plants more susceptible to pests due to nutritional conditions?

  • Too much nitrogen (correct)
  • Too little nitrogen
  • Too little water
  • Too much water

What is the result of drought on plant cuticles?

  • Thicker cuticles (correct)
  • Thinner cuticles
  • No change in cuticles
  • Cuticles become more porous

Why do pests tend to reproduce more and develop faster at certain times of the year?

  • Due to changes in humidity
  • Due to changes in soil quality
  • Due to changes in climatic conditions (correct)
  • Due to changes in temperature

What is the primary goal of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?

<p>To enhance health and productivity of crops while maintaining environmental integrity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an advantage of biological control in Integrated Pest Management?

<p>It is less disrupting to non-target organisms (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason why new crops or new pests can become major pest species?

<p>They have little or no resistance to organisms already present (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary component of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) that involves using high-yielding and resistant varieties?

<p>Variedad resistance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do pests tend to become more destructive in the tropics?

<p>Due to the presence of vertebrate pests (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of too much nitrogen on plant growth?

<p>It makes plants more susceptible to pests (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?

<p>To consider all possible means of regulating pest populations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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