MSU AGN 115 EXAM 1 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

Characteristics of traditional agroecosystems include - take advantage of the full range of microenvironmental variation within the cropping system, farm, and region; are built on the knowledge and culture of local inhabitants; tolerate of local conditions, insects and diseases, dependent on external, purchased inputs according to gliessman, the prevailing modern agriculture system is not sustainable. ___ is not a factor he says contrives to our unsustainability (ch 1) - --! reliance on synthetic or mineral fertilizer would normally be associated with - conventional agriculture normally ab 25% or more of biomass at one trophic level is converted to biomass at the next trophic level (ch 2) - false in the penn and teller: Norman Borlaug vid, dr. Terri Lomax, prof of botany and plant pathology, said that genetically modified crops are subjected to millions of dollars in test and are regulated by EPA, FDA, and USDA, while protestors and admin. (eg Charles margulus) affiliated with Greenpeace claimed the crops were released without testing - true order the levels from least to most complex - organism population community ecosystem