Biology 2010 Student Edition

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ISBN 10: 9780133669510
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Chapter 6, Humans in the Biosphere - Assessment - 6.1 Changing Landscape - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 182: 7

Answer

When crops are of the same type such as wheat or corn, they are in a monoculture. Mostly monoculture crops are used for food, etc. However, diseases can spread easily in monoculture crops, which can have a large scale destruction.

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When crops are of the same type such as wheat or corn, they are in a monoculture. Mostly monoculture crops are used for food, etc. However, diseases can spread easily in monoculture crops, which can have a large scale destruction.
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