Question

Gundhi bug is a pest of
(a)Rice
(b)Mustard
(c)Wheat
(d)Groundnut

Answer 1

Hint: Pests are creators that damage the livestock and are harmful to any animal or plant or human concerns. They create a nuisance for people, especially in their homes. They are disliked by some animals because they bite or sting. Agriculture hurts pests as they attack a wide variety of crops and damage the crops which result in fungal, bacterial, or viral infections.

Complete answer:
Gundhi bug is a pest of rice. It damages the crop by sucking out the contents which develop grains from pre-flowering spikelets. They are on the soft dough stage and cause filled or empty grains and discolouration. The rice bugs feed on rice grains at its immature and adult stage. They are found near factors such as extensive weedy areas, wild grasses, near canal Woodlands, and rice planting. The adult rice bugs are active during the day and early morning. They hide in grasses during bright sunlight. They are left unnoticed. They create deformed or sporty grains, erect panicles, and shrivelled grains.

Additional Information:
Mustard: Mustard is seeds that are yellowish-white to black and are about 1-2 millimetres in diameter. They take about 8 to 10 days to germinate which include a cold atmosphere and moist soil. It grows well in a temperate region. They are a rich source of oil and protein and have oil as high as 46-48% protein. Aphids are the pest which destroys mustard plants around the world. It creates a loss to the crop from about 39% to 91% according to the scientist.
Wheat: Wheat is the oldest cereal crop and important. It produces edible grains and the most important wheat variety is Triticum aestivum which is used to make bread pasta, spaghetti, Macaroni, etc. Some wheat is used by industries for the production of starch, alcohol, paste, malt, dextrose, gluten, and other products. Wheat weevil or Sitophilus granarius is a common pest in some places which feeds on the cereal grains of wheat and decreases the crop yields.
Groundnut: Groundnut is an edible fruit that has nutlike parts. The seeds of groundnut ripe under the ground. They are rich in protein fat in many healthy nutrients. They help in weight loss and are linked to a reduced risk of heart disease. The major pests of groundnut are aphids, red hairy caterpillars and tobacco caterpillars, etc.
So, the correct answer is 'Rice'.

Note: Jesus tells the parable of the mustard seed referring to faith and kingdom of God in the Bible. Bed bugs can live for several months without their meal of blood. They linger furniture until they are near a human host again. In the bed bugs the female moves as far from the male as away as possible.