The correct answer is C. To reduce the use of artificial pesticides, reduce costs, and control pests.
Explanation
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method that integrates different practices and scientific principles to make adequate management with pests. This method considers knowledge about the habits, life cycle, needs, and aversions of the pest, reducing the use of toxic methods and implementing less toxic methods, monitoring pest activity and adjusting methods over time, tolerating harmless pests, setting a threshold to decide when it is time to act, among others as its main principles. Therefore, the correct answer is C. To reduce the use of artificial pesticides, reduce costs, and control pests.
It would be most important for Eric to find out his <em>zinc, iron and vitamin B12 (or riboflavin) levels, and ensure that he is obtaining adequate amounts of these vitamins and minerals through vegetarian sources </em>.
A vegetarian diet is typically low in zinc rich foods, since meat, shell fish and eggs are the most abundant sources of zinc. In order to ensure that he obtains sufficient zinc, Eric should make sure he consumes vegetarian zinc sources such as legumes, lentils, dairy, nuts and seeds on a daily basis.
Since iron and vitamin B12 are also difficult to obtain from vegetarian sources, Eric should consume iron rich foods such as spinach, kale, whole grains, broccoli, legumes,etc., on a daily basis. As for vitamin B12, daily supplementation of 2.4 μg is recommended for vegetarians. Alternatively, riboflavin fortified cereals and grains are also recommended to meet daily riboflavin requirements.
Chlorphyll is not any of the listed biomolecules, but it is most closely related to carbohydrates as it contains Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. Chlorophyll is actually a pigment that absorbs light
