Suggest some of the features of plants that will prevent insect and pest infestation.

The features of plants that will prevent insect and pest infestation are:

• Morphological features: Various plants have certain hair like structure in the stem and other parts of the plants, these features prevent insect pests.

• Biochemical features: Certain biochemical products provide resistance to the plants from the insects and pests. Example: High aspartic acid, low nitrogen and sugar content in maize leads to resistance to maize stem borers. Release of certain toxic chemicals kills the insects and pests too.

• Other features: Certain other features like nectar less variety and solid stem also do not attracts the insects and pests.