Practice mode Entomology

When a series of cultivars of the same crop are infested by a series of different insect biotypes of the same species and show no differential interaction, what type of resistance is this?

Correct answer D. Horizontal resistance

Explanation

Horizontal resistance is polygenic and works evenly against all biotypes of a pest, so cultivars do not show different responses to different biotypes.

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