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1. Plant breeders tend to breed plants to make them exhibit a particular suite o

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1. Plant breeders tend to breed plants to make them exhibit a particular suite of characteristics. For the following question you are the plant breeder who has been charged with producing a designer invasive species to be used as a training tool for incoming APHIS employees. Based upon the multitude of characteristics we have discussed concerning invasive species, select 5 specific characteristics you th would result in a "super invasive species". Along with the list of characteristics provide an explanation for each of the characteristics you selected and explain why they would work together to make the newly designed species a superior inv an invasive species. 25 points ader. Keep in mind all four of the stages of invasion, and what constitutes

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Designer Invasive Species

Five characteristics which would make a species "super invasive" are as follows: