Question

You are a tomato farmer whose crops are threatened by a persistent species of beetle. Each year, you spend large sums of money for pesticides to protect your crops. A biotechnology company introduces a new strain of tomato plant that produces a natural pesticide, making it resistant to the beetle. By switching to this new strain, you could avoid both the beetle and the chemical pesticides traditionally needed to fight it.

Answer 1

Answer:

This question is incomplete, the complete question is:

Do you switch to new plant? Why or why not?

Yes, because it would help me get rid of the beetle naturally and save cost for purchasing pesticides.

Explanation:

This question is describing the genetically modified strain of tomato plant introduced by a biotechnology company. The GM tomato plant naturally repels the beetle pest that has been threatening the tomato planted by a me, who is the farmer.

However, the farmer has been spending a huge sum of of money for pesticides to protect his crops. Hence, I would opt to switch to this new strain, so I could avoid both the beetle and the cost of chemical pesticides traditionally needed to fight it. That is, by using the Genetically Modified strain of tomato, I can naturally get rid of the beetle pest and simultaneously save the cost of procuring a control measure (pesticides).