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So when understanding the mechanisms behind the pesticide treadmill, it's important to realize, especially from the question, it may pop out to you that they're talking about the cost of applying pesticides.
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And so that is information that you should rule out, right? the cost of something is not going to be an underlying factor in the biological mechanism behind the loss of effectiveness, excuse me, of the pesticides.
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So i drew a little diagram here, and you'll see that it's kind of cyclicant nature.
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So we have a plant, theoretically, say we're a farmer trying to grow some crops, and these little red dots are pests, whether they be insects that eat them or something that will use eggs on them or insects primarily.
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And so i, as a farmer, will spray some pesticides on it.
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And so we now have a plant with much less pests on them.
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However, which is often the case, and just like in pesticide use, this is also, could be a metaphor for antibiotic resistance...