Researchers studying production of nicotine in tobacco plants (Nicotiana sylvestris) treated some of the plants with a hormone that prevents the chemical defences from responding to herbivory. What did they find to be the cost of nicotine production?
A) reduced growth rate
B) increased herbivory
C) plant death
D) reduced seed production
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