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A farmer found that caterpillars were eating his corn. He sprayed his field with pesticide to kill them. For the first three years this treatment worked well, leaving only a few caterpillars in the field. Based on what is known about natural selection, what can he expect in succeeding years if he continues to use the same pesticide?

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daniel987

the pesticide will become less and less effective as the species are going to continue to become resistant to the pesticide as the resistant ones arent killed by the pesticides so they are more likely to survive and to reproduce so they will become predominate as the pesticide is no longer effective to the resistant caterpillar
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With the succeeding years the caterpillar will get naturally selected for the pesticide which before killed them.

What is natural selection?

  • Natural selection is the method through which the organism survive in a condition.
  • It undergoes adaptation and get makes the necessary changes for its survival.

What can be expected in succeeding years?

  • The caterpillar will adapt themselves to survive with the pesticides and they will further get selected naturally and become the fittest for survival.

What can be done to avoid it?

  • The farmer should keep changing the fertilizers and pesticides used in the farm so that the caterpillar and other pest do not get acquainted by the pesticide and this will help in the former killing of the pests.

Know more about Natural selection here:

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