Biotechnology and Its Applications

Question

One of the major difficulties in the biological control of insect pest is that

  • the predator develops a preference to other diets and may itself become a pest

  • the predator does not always survive when transferred to a new environment

  • the method is less effective as compared with the use of insecticides

  • the practical difficulty of introducing the predator to specific areas.

Answer

A.

the predator develops a preference to other diets and may itself become a pest

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