A tomato plant is devastated by tomato wilt, a type of fungus that infects the soil with spores and returns every year to attack more tomato plants. One effective way to combat this fungus using ecological/cultural pest control is to
A) keep dead tomato plants from the prior year around to try to divert the fungus to the dead plants.
B) spray a broad-spectrum insecticide over your garden before and after the crops come up.
C) plant something other than tomatoes in this part of the garden next year.
D) rake the soil before planting next year's tomatoes.
C
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The primary factor which determines what type and how much radiation an object emits is its:
A) color. B) density. C) conductivity. D) temperature. E) size.
Humus:a
is the material always comprising the topmost soil horizon. b. is dark, organic-rich material formed by bacterial decay. c. is leaf-litter. d. must include sediments. e. none of the above