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 Jay Donnell
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Hi ataraxia!

You're correct to reason that E brings much more to the table than A, which makes it a less attractive answer in this MBT question.

Pesticide X works essentially in the opposite manner as parathion, which was frankly a terribly counter-productive pesticide. Pesticide X only affects cyclamen mites (the bad guys), whereas parathion only killed the Typhlodromus (the good guys).

In this scenario where they use pesticide X rather than parathion, it seems to essentially control the cyclamen mite population effectively, which is what we know also happens when the Typhlodromus mites are given free rein to do their thing. So, whether the plots have been treated with pesticide X or not, through that pesticide or the normal functioning of Typhlodromus, either way the cyclamen mite population would be effectively controlled.

The whole concept in E about reaching damaging levels more slowly but remaining there longer is unsupported in the passage and the information given in this question itself, so it remains something we are unable to support, nonetheless prove.

Hope that helps!

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