Name the animals that attack and damage the crops?

The animal groups of the greatest importance as agricultural pests are (in order of economic importance) insects, mites, nematodes and gastropod molluscs. Insects are responsible for two major forms of damage to crops.

1. Which animals that are attack and damage crops?
2. What can damage the crops?
3. What small animal can destroy many crops?
4. Which of the following does not damage crops?
5. Why do pests attack crops?
6. Which animals destroy crops?
7. What are animal pests?
8. How does insect damaged crops and the plants?
9. What are these animals insects called name few that ruin the standing crop?
10. How Can crops be destroyed?
11. Which birds destroy crops?
12. Which animals are used in farming?
13. What are the enemies of farm animals?

Which animals that are attack and damage crops?

Animals that attack and damage crops are also known as pests.

What can damage the crops?

Crop damage from pathogens and pests is a worldwide problem. Agriculture crop productivity has been severely affected by various pests. The excessive use of chemicals in agriculture has led to a multitude of effects, including increased residues in plants, insect resistance, and contamination of soil, water, and air.

What small animal can destroy many crops?

Small Animals

Raccoons and skunks are omnivores, meaning they eat both plant and animal sources of food. In agricultural settings, they can cause damage to crops such as corn, both sweet and field, as well as other vegetables, fruit and turf.

Which of the following does not damage crops?

Answer: Manure does not damage the crops on the contrary they provide essential nutrients to the growing crop.

Why do pests attack crops?

Due to increased metabolic rates, insects eat more in hot conditions. With rapidly rising temperatures due to mounting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities, crops are increasingly facing both threats — extreme heat and pest attacks — simultaneously.

Which animals destroy crops?

Stray cows and wild boars enter farmers' fields and destroy crops. It has become a common problem for them and the growers have been left troubled and worried. The moment stray animals enter their fields, farmers run after them and chase them out.

What are animal pests?

animals that do harm to man directly (for example, by infesting him or by transmitting to him the causative agents of diseases) or indirectly by causing damage to livestock, crops, trees, and so forth. Many rodents (rats, mice, and so forth) are pests. ... A number of animal pests injure bees and silkworms.

How does insect damaged crops and the plants?

Insects with chewing mouthparts, for example, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and beetles, cause feeding damage such as holes or notches in foliage and other plant parts, leaf skeletonizing (removal of tissue between the leaf veins), leaf defoliation, cutting plants off at the soil surface, or consumption of roots.

What are these animals insects called name few that ruin the standing crop?

Answer: These insects are called pests and few examples are wireworms, cutworms, seed maggots, etc.

How Can crops be destroyed?

Crop destruction is the deliberate destruction of crops or agricultural products to render it useless for consumption or processing. It can be made by burning, grinding, dumping into water, or application of chemicals. ... Related to crop destruction is alternate, low-price use of agricultural products.

Which birds destroy crops?

Of these, the Grey Partridge, Blue Rock Pigeon and House Sparrow were found to inflict most damage to crops. Other species include the Rose ringed parakeet, weavers, munias and doves that manage to nest in close proximity to agricultural fields.

Which animals are used in farming?

More than 60 animal species are directly useful to humans, but most attention tends to be given to cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, donkeys and poultry. There are also more unconventional animals such as llamas, yaks, guinea fowl, ducks, bees and pigeons that can adapt to many conditions.

What are the enemies of farm animals?

Farmers enemies are those animals that have negative effect on agriculture or destroy crops. The enemies are birds, crabs, rats, grass cutter,and squirrel.