These weeds are growing in a farmer's field. The weeds compete with the soybean plants the farmer grows, so he needs to get rid of them. For a few years, the farmer relies onmanually removing the weeds, but that is labor intensive and limits how much crop he can grow. The farmer decided to change his crop to genetically modified soybeans that areherbicide resistant. This allows the farmer to use chemicals to remove the weeds. With this GM soybean, the chemical kills the weeds but does not harm the crop. For many yearsthis works, and allows the farmer to expand his farm and grow more soybeans. But then, one of the farmer's fields has a large weed plant remaining after the field has beensprayed with herbicide.Which of the following is likely to happen if that weed stays in place?The weed will survive long enough to reproduce.In time, the herbicide will no longer be effective on that field.The trait will spread to nearby weeds.

Genetically modified crops are developed through the use of recombinant DNA technology to impart certain specific characteristics in the plants for providing them with the ability to grow in different environments and produce sustainable as well as significant growth.The farmer used genetically modified soybeans which had herbicide resistant properties and which made it suitable for the farmer to use herbicides and other chemical insecticides to remove the weed from the agricultural land without affecting the soybean plants. It has worked for years which enabled the farmer to expand and grow with more soybean plants. However, after using herbicides for many years, a large weed plant remained in the soild (as noticed by the farmer). The herbicides being used seemed to be ineffective against the current weed plant that has grown despite the application of chemicals. This means that the weed has also become resistant to the chemicals being used and it became naturally resistant through mutation and other adaptive responses, leading to the natural selection of the resistant weeds. Under the current circumstances, a couple of scenarios will arise. The weed has become resistant and is able to withstand the effect of the herbicide. As such, it can reproduce and multiply giving rise to more weeds of herbicide-resistant nature. Moreover, the weed can also adapt to changing herbicides due to natural selection leading to development of an entire field of herbicide resistant weeds that would destroy the herbicide resistant soybean crops. So, the correct option would be that the weed would survive long enough to reproduce.