4. In the summer of 2005 a tobacco farmer had a plague of tobacco worms and each plant only gave a yield of 25 kg. At the start of the growing season of 2006 the farmer released the wasps and he had a much better yield of 35 kg per kilo.
a) By how much percent did the yield increase?
Percentage=(new-old)/old*100 -->
(35-25)/25*100= 40%
b) A farmer has an average of 1500 tobacco plants, what was his total yield in 2006?
1500*35=52.500 kg
c) Which limiting factor was being affected by the tobacco worm population? sunlight
Please explain your answer.
The more leaves the worms ate the less chloroplasts there would be to do photosynthesis. less photosynthesis means a lower yield.