Multiple Choice
Some Native American cultures traditionally practiced "three sisters" agriculture, in which they planted corn, squash, and climbing beans together.Compared with growing each crop separately as a monoculture, this practice likely offers all of the following benefits except
A) a lower amount of crop damage from disease outbreak.
B) more predatory insects to provide natural pest control.
C) greater ease for the farmer in harvesting each crop.
D) use of corn stalks as poles for the climbing beans.
E) disruptive chemical signals from nonhost plants to confuse potential insect pests.
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