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A bolt of lightning heats the surrounding air to ~30,000 K — five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
Did you know?
A bolt of lightning heats the surrounding air to ~30,000 K — five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
To solve this problem, we need to determine which option correctly describes the resistance/tolerance engineered into crops for glyphosate.Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses that compete with crops.Let's analyze each option:Option 1: Fungi - Glyphosate is not used to target fungi, so crops engineered for glyphosate are not resistant to fungi.Option 2: Bacteria - Glyphosate does not target bacteria, so crops engineered for glyphosate are not resistant to bacteria.Option 3: Insects - Glyphosate is not an insecticide, so crops engineered for glyphosate are not resistant to insects.Option 4: Herbicides - Glyphosate is an herbicide, and crops engineered for glyphosate are specifically designed to be resistant to this herbicide.Therefore, the correct option is Option 4: Herbicides.
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