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  3. Name the bacteria used to control butterfly caterpillars which feed on the leaves of many fruit trees.

. Name the bacteria used to control butterfly caterpillars which feed on the leaves of many fruit trees.

(a)Lactobacillus

(b)Bacillus thuringiensis

(c)Diplococcus pneumoniae

(d)Pasturella pestis.

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Ans.(b)Chemical insecticides are harmful to the environment and also insects become resistant to them. Whereas Bacillus thuringiensis affects specific insects and does not persists in the environment. It produces toxic protein crystals which are toxic to many insects species.

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