Farmers spray pesticides on their plants to protect the plants from being eaten by insects. Some individual insects have a genetic mutation that makes
them resistant to the toxins in the pesticides. Which statement best describes how only a few resistant individuals resulted in the pesticide becoming
ineffective?
o The resistant insects are able to survive to reproduce and create a population that is also resistant
The resistant insects grow larger and eat less of the plants.
The resistant insects change the toxin on the plants, making it safe for others.
o
The resistant insects eat the contaminated surface and leave the rest for others

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piwi91 piwi91 · Answer 1 · 2022-04-14T15:05:03+02:00

The resistant insects are able to survive to reproduce and create a population that is also resistant

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pranavgera011 pranavgera011 · Answer 2 · 2022-05-10T06:26:05+02:00

The correct option here will be A)

only a few resistant individuals resulted in the pesticide becoming

ineffective because The resistant insects are able to survive to reproduce and create a population that is also resistant.

spraying the same pesticide often enables the pests to develope resistant genes which enable them to survive.

Insects without resistance genes die when exposed to insecticides, allowing individuals with resistance genes to survive and breed, resulting in more resistant insects.

The number of resistant insects grows with each generation. hence the pesticide often becomes ineefective over time.

Hence The resistant insects are able to survive to reproduce and create a population that is also resistant.

other options are incorrect because:

resistant insects growing larger and eat less of the plants des not contribute to pesticide resistance.
The resistant insects cannot change the toxin on the plants this is an impossible thing.
The resistant insects eating the contaminated surface and leaving the rest for others wont result in the pesticide becoming ineffective,

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