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Suggest some of the features of plants that will prevent insect and pest infestation
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Solution
Some of the features of plants that prevent insects and pest infestation are as follows:
- Hairy leaves are supposed to resist pest attacks, e.g. jassids do not attack cotton and leaf beetle does not attack wheat.
- The solid stem of wheat makes it resistant to stem sawflies.
- Nectar-less cotton varieties do not attract bollworms.
- High aspartic acid, low nitrogen and sugar content in maize lead to resistance to maize stem borers.
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