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1 pts A farmer uses triazine herbicide to control pigweed in his field. For the first few years, the triazine works well and almost all the pigweed dies; but after several years, the farmer sees more and more pigweed. Which of these explanations best describes this observation?

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The plague probably presented resistance to the pesticide. When a pesticide is applied and some members of the pests survive, they can present resistance and pass it to the next generation, thus making a specie resistant to that pesticide

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