A staple food<span> is one that is eaten regularly and in such quantities as to constitute the dominant part of the diet and supply a major proportion of energy and nutrient needs. ... Just 15 </span>crop<span> plants provide 90 percent of the world's </span>food<span> energy intake, with three rice, </span>maize<span> and wheat - making up two-thirds of this.</span>
First thing to remember is that interphase is a stage associated with replication of DNA, and growth.
Once meiosis starts, the purpose is to produce a haploid gamete. So there is no further need of replication or growth.
D. Phenotype because a phenotype is observable traits
