The contaminated water causes the roots of my rice to rot, and then the insects attack them.

受污染的水导致我的水稻的根部腐烂，然后昆虫就会攻击它们。

The tomato is putting up a fight using both physical and chemical defenses to repel the attacking insects.

西红柿正在使用物理和化学防御来击退来袭的昆虫。

Left to themselves, without care or protection, forests fall victims to old age, fire, insect attack, storm and disease.

如果无人问津，得不到关心或保护，森林就会成为老化、火灾、虫害、风雨和疾病的牺牲品。

Later, they put real caterpillars on the plants to see if exposure had led them to prepare for an insect attack.

后来，他们将真正的毛毛虫放在植物上，看看暴露的环境是否会导致它们为昆虫袭击做好准备。

Many of the chemicals released to cope with insect attacks turned out to be the same as those that are produced to better endure cold weather.

事实证明，为应对昆虫袭击而释放的许多化学物质与为更好地抵御寒冷天气而生产的化学物质相同。

Trees can also share information about events like drought or insect attacks through their fungal networks, causing their neighbors to increase production of protective enzymes in anticipation of threats.

树木还可以通过它们的真菌网络共享关于诸如干旱或昆虫攻击之类事件的信息，使得它们的邻居在面对威胁时增加保护性酶的生产。