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DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE DONE BY PESTS
CONTENT- Description of the Damage Done by Pests
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Description of the Damage Done by Pests
Crop pests do a lot of damage to crops either on the farm or in the store. The damages done by pests include: (i) Some insect pests are carriers of diseases which they transmit to healthy plants. Examples of diseases transmitted by insect are: ground nut rosette, cassava mosaic, swollen shoot of cocoa, etc. (ii) Mammals (rodents) e.g. rats, grass-cutter eat up the tubers of yam, cassava and potato.You are viewing an excerpt of this lesson. Subscribing to the subject will give you access to the following:
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