Question
Q2. Which of the following arguments is used by the authors to justify the relevance
of their study (i.e., the rational)?
• No one has yet examined if herbivory can induce changes in the concentration
of defensive compounds in nectar.
Understanding the response of tobacco to herbivory is important to improve
tobacco farming.
) No one has ever studied defensive compounds in nectar before.
It has never been tested if tobacco plants have inducible chemical defenses.
Answer
The first argument is used by the authors to justify the relevance of their study.