Question

The corn grown in a small Midwestern farming community is being destroyed by inchworms. The farmers have banded together and have decided to spray pesticides to reduce the inchworm population. What is likely to occur as a result of this spraying?

decreased bird population
decreased insect population
increased crop harvest
increased precipitation
reduced groundwater quality

Answer 1

it would the third one even though corn is an alien plant. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is option:

- reduced groundwater quality

Step-by-step explanation:

The outcome of this is that the grasshoppers population is declining. They kill the grasshopper and if the death rates are higher then the birth rates will fall rapidly in the population.