Question

CPM Question 5. Consi options. In the table below of pests, and the abundance of non-torget organisms would compare between 8t der two farming scenarios: one with Bt corn and one using conventional pest managemen corn (torgeting ECB) and answers to indicate how you think insecticide opplications, the abundance conventionally-managed corn. Below the toble, provide a brief justification for your answers. a conventionally-managed corn field, a Bt corn field will have O fewer the same number of O more insecticide applications O fewer O more European corn borers O the same number of O fewerO the same number of O more non-target pests O fewer O the same number of O more specialist parasitoids of ECB O fewer O the same number of Omore of O more generalist natural enemies Justification:

Answer 1

Justification: the BT corn plant has a gene from bacillus thuriengenesis that provides resistance to the corn borer. This ensures usage of less pesticides and Will also over long time period reduce number of corn borer as it kills their caterpillar.

But this gene or plant does not affect non target species or other natural enemies so their number Will remain the same.