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.
(iii) The birds destroy rice, sorghum, beans, maize and fruits at various stages of their growth on the farm.
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