What is host plant resistance?

A. Producing large quantities of seeds in some years.
B. The ability to prevent herbivory through various defenses.
C. A form of crypsis practiced by tropical rain forest plants.
D. The secretion of chemicals that are toxic to competing plant species.
E. The ability of plants to grow taller than their competitors.


B. The ability to prevent herbivory through various defenses.

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A. supercoils DNA. B. unwinds DNA. C. unwinds RNA. D. winds RNA.

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