18. Growers on large banana plantations that supply food commercially have chosen to limit their plantings exclusively to Cavendish banana plants. What advantage is likely cited by the growers
for continued planting of these asexually produced crops year after year?
a. Seedless cloned plants are not damaged by disease and pest organisms.
b. Successive generations of clones produce larger bananas and healthier plants.
c. The cloned banana plants rapidly adapt to extreme environmental changes due to their
limited genetic variation.
d. The bananas produced maintain consistent characteristics in quality, taste, and
appearance from one crop of clones to the next.