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KEY CONCEPT Arthropods and humans interact in many ways.

Discover the various ways in which arthropods and humans interact, from sharing resources to causing crop damage and spreading diseases. Explore safer insecticide alternatives, integrated pest management, and the role of genetically modified crops. Learn about the serious effects of disease spread by arthropod vectors, such as the bubonic plague, yellow fever, malaria, and West Nile virus. Watch a video to explore this fascinating subject.

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KEY CONCEPT Arthropods and humans interact in many ways.

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  1. KEY CONCEPT Arthropods and humans interact in many ways.

  2. Arthropods and humans share many of the same resources. • Many arthropods are herbivores that eat plants humans also depend on. • Arthropods cause millions of dollars of crop damage. • Insecticides have unwanted side effects.

  3. Scientists have developed safer insecticide alternatives. • arthropod-specific insecticides • integrated pest management (IPM) • genetically modified crops

  4. Some arthropods can spread human diseases. • Vectors are organisms that carry disease from one host to another.

  5. Disease spread by arthropods have serious effects on human populations. • Bubonic plague is caused by a bacterium carried by fleas. • Yellow fever is caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes. • Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite carried by mosquitoes. • West Nile virus is caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes. • https://youtu.be/rZy6XilXDZQ

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