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Fig. 2

From: Baseline study of growers’ constraints in the production of apple (Malus domestica) in Plateau State Nigeria

Fig. 2

*An apple pest—Picasso bug (Sphaerocoris annulus)—at an orchard (with 200 stands of apple trees) in Kinat, near Mangu, Plateau State. *NB—Although the Picasso bug is the prominent pest in the plate, it is not responsible for the chewed portions of the apple leaves. This is because the Picasso bug has a piercing and sucking mouth part which focuses on the sap from the apple plant. Therefore, the apple plant in the plate above was attacked by multiple insect pests. The insect pest responsible for the damage on the plant has a biting and chewing mouth part and it is most likely a grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) which can be seen at the top right end of the plant in the plate

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Agriculture & Food Security

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