SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT a way that introduced plants, animals or insects can negatively impact food production?
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The Khapra Beetle can destroy 70% of a store of grain and make it inedible as they live and breed in these stores of grain
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Locusts will eat any plant material in their path and destroy crops
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The cane toad has no Australian predators and eats primarily terrestrial and aquatic insects and snails
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European honey bees that were introduced to Australia to pollinate plants grown for food
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Native predators that die after eating, or attempting to eat, cane toads include goannas, freshwater crocodiles, tiger snakes, red-bellied black snakes, death adders and quolls.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cane Toads have venom-secreting poison glands (known as parotoid glands) or swellings on each shoulder where poison is released when they are threatened. If ingested, this venom can cause rapid heartbeat, excessive salivation, convulsions and paralysis and can result in death for many native animals.
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