Corn plants and milkweed plants grow in the same area. Over several years, the milkweed plants have taken over the field and the corn plants no longer have space to grow. This best demonstrates which type of an interaction between the plants?

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Jaydon Pace

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2 May, 09:30

Corn plants and milkweed plants grow in the same area. Over several years, the milkweed plants have taken over the field and the corn plants no longer have space to grow. This best demonstrates which type of an interaction between the plants?

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Dominique Armstrong · Answer 1

Weeds are very important agronomically because they reduce the yield of crops in three ways: by competing with the crop for water, light and nutrients, by interfering with crop harvest, and by contaminating harvested products with weed seeds and toxins. Weeds can reduce yield up to 50% and are responsible for millions of dollars in crop losses each year.

It's biotic factor would be competition as Competition can be defined as an interaction between organisms or species, in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another.