Effect of pests and crop diseases


 
 
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Effect of pests and crop diseases

Effect of pests and crop diseases:

1.   Insects cause a great deal of damage to crop plants. Besides destroying crops, they also transmit numerous disease-causing microorganisms. Insect pests attack plants in three ways.

2.   Locusts, dragonflies and grasshoppers cause severe damage to crops and trees by eating their leaves and stems.

3.   Bugs and beetles eat the leaves and tender shoots.

4.   Termites and white ants cause extensive damage to the roots of plants.

 

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Question : 1

Which of the following are correct :

(a)  Bugs and beetles cause extensive damage to the roots of plants.

(b) Bugs and beetles eat the leaves and tender shoots.

(c) Locusts cause severe damage to crops and trees by eating their leaves and stems.

Right Option : B
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Question : 2

___________________ cause extensive damage to the roots of plants.

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

Which of the following are correct:

(a) Bugs and beetles eat the leaves and tender shoots.

(b) Termites and white ants cause extensive damage to the roots of plants.

Right Option : C
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