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Q: What are the ways that insects attack crop plants?
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How does insect pest attack the plants?

Generally insect pests attack the plants in three ways: (1) They cut the root, stem and leaf, (2) they suck the cell sap from various parts of the plant and (3) they bore into stem and fruits. They thus affect the health of the crop and reduce yields


How do weeds cause damage to the crop plants. Mention any two ways?

By stealing 1) water and 2) plant nutrients away from the crop.


What are ways to keep insects off plants?

Netting indoors and row covers outdoors are ways to keep insects off plants.Specifically, insects can be beneficial or harmful to plants. Netting encases a houseplant whereas row covers protect plants arranged in straight lines. Indoors or out, the two options keep insects from getting in contact with above-ground plant parts. They serve as effective measures although they will be problems in the case of plants to be pollinated by such beneficial insects as bees (Apisspp).


Do insects use stomata to get oxygen?

No, insects do not use stomata to get their oxygen. Different insects have different ways of getting their oxygen but none have to get it from a plants stomata.


How do pesticides affect life?

Pesticides can affect life in many different ways. Pesticides help farmers increase their crop production. Pesticides can kill many types of insects and animals.


What does a horticologist do?

Someone who studies horticulture. Which is the study of flowers and vegetation.


What are other ways insects are harmful to cotton?

Insects can be very harmful to cotton in a variety of ways. These include:Eating the leaves and stems of cotton plants reducing the overall yield.Spreading disease and insects through their saliva and feces.Damaging the fibers of the cotton reducing the quality of the fabric.Insects can also harm cotton indirectly by competing for resources with the cotton plants including nutrient uptake and pollination. In addition some insects such as aphids can act as a vector for plant viruses which can cause serious damage to the cotton crop.


How hybridisation of farm crop is done?

Hybridization of any sexual reproduction type farm crop consists of taking the pollen from one plant and applying it to the stamens of another, while preventing the plant's own pollen from contaminating the process. There are a multitude of ways of doing this depending on the species of crop. Maize, or corn, for example, is hybridized simply by removing the tassels (pollen-producing organs) from some plants and allowing pollen from other plants to fertilize the kernels on the ear.


How do you harvest your crop?

I use a tractor but there are other ways as well.


What do insects eat?

ways of eating. Some insects eat other insects, like the mantis. Other insects prefer to eat fruit (fruit flies) while still others prefer to eat leaves (caterpillars). Generally, most insects eat anything found, though, like leaves, fruit, grass, dirt, etc.grass


In what specific societal problems are biologist needed?

Biologists may help work ending hunger by growing more plants, or finding safe ways to kill insects that harm us.


Why do many flowers have colorful pedals?

I think the main reason is to attract animal life, such as insects, to feed from them. This is one of the main ways in which many plants reproduce. This counts for the smell of them also.