Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 495

Question: Which insect was used to check the spread of cacti

Options:

A) Coleus eurythaeum

B) Cactoblastis cactorum

C) Neodipreon certifer

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

In India and Australia the overgrowth of cacti was checked by the introduction of cochineal insect (Cactoblastis Cactorum).