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What does a selective herbicide do?

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A farming couple pose in a vegetable garden.
Retry Correct Incorrect Herbicides are a substance that farmers use to destroy unwanted plants, such as weeds. Selective herbicides take into account the plants’ characteristics so that the wanted plants are left unharmed.
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What does a selective herbicide do?

  • destroys whatever it comes into contact with
  • promote flowering
  • fertilize plants
  • harm unwanted plants
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