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Crop plants grown in monoculture are:

Options

  1. Ahighly prone to pests
  2. Blow in yield
  3. Cfree from intraspecific competition
  4. Dcharacterised by poor root system

Correct answer

A. highly prone to pests

Step-by-step solution

Monoculture involves the exclusive cultivation of a single crop over wide areas. It carries the risk of an entire crop being destroyed with the appearance of a single pest species or disease.

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