Question

In which three ways small insects attack the plants? Give example of each.

Answer 1

Three ways in which the small insects attack the plants are as follows:

Direct injury:

1. Insects directly feed on plants' leaves, fruits, roots, or burrows in the stem.
2. There are many pest species of which both larva and adults are harmful to the plants directly.
3. Examples include Stem borer, Bollworm, etc.

Indirect injury:

1. The insects in indirect injury do no or little harm but transmit viral, bacterial, and fungal infections into the plants.
2. Examples include aphids, bugs, etc

Suckers:

1. Insects like aphids, whiteflies, true bugs, etc are sap-feeding insects that suck the cell sap from various parts of the whole plant.