Why did Melander suggest that farmers apply pesticides "poorly" to deal with the San Jose scale insect?
A) because some susceptible scales would survive, keeping susceptible genes in the scale population
B) because most scale insects do not respond to pesticides
C) because this would kill a smaller population of resistant scales
D) because few resistant scales would survive, keeping resistant genes out of the scale population
E) He did not suggest this. In order for pesticides to work, they must be applied heavily and properly.
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