24. Which TWO quotations from the article highlight the
benefits of maintaining diverse plant species in orchards?
A. "Natural ecosystems that appear to be dominated by
one plant or tree species (such as grasslands or some
temperate forests) also have many other plant species
growing under and around them." (Paragraph 3)
OB. "Large fruit tree orchards differ from field crops
because they are permanently embedded in the landscape
for more than 10 years." (Paragraph 5)
OC. "Research from California on commercial almond
orchards shows that numbers of wild pollinator and
parasitoid insects... increased with plant diversity."
(Paragraph 8)
OD. "My research has found similar effects in
northwestern Victoria in Australia: there were more
pollinators where there were more types of plants."
(Paragraph 8)
E. "native bees and hoverflies (both important pollinator
groups) were only found near almond trees within 100
meters of native mallee vegetation." (Paragraph 10)
OF. "France recently incorporated agroecology into their
legal and political frameworks" (Paragraph 14)