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CABI is working to improve yield loss estimates and economic impacts
of the sap sucking insect Coffee green scale
- a serious pest affecting smallholder farmers
Nymphs and adults can occur in high numbers, reducing plant vigour
with yield losses ranging between 10-50%
Scales excrete a sugary honeydew
Ants feed off this honey dew and protect scales from natural predators
Sooty mold fungus often grows on this honeydew
a black 'mold' can cover the leaf
reducing photosynthetic area
CABI ecologist, Alex Brook
interviewed a local smallholder farmer
who shows and explains the symptoms
resulting from Coffee green scale infestions
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