• Thrips

  Their feeding and virus transmission cause leaf deformation, silvering and fruit damage, leading to reduced yield and marketability. Because they reproduce [...] n the leaves themselves can shrivel, and there can be varying levels of fruit damage depending on the species of thrips and their population density. In

• Corn earworm

  cotton, aubergine, pepper, and tomato. They primarily feed on flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults [...] making holes in the corn. In other crops, they prefer flower buds and soft fruit. They cause visible damage through feeding, and some larvae can also be seen

• Potato aphid

  honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( Cladosporium spp.) grow on this honeydew, contaminating fruit and ornamental crops and rendering

• Tobacco aphid

  honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds ( Cladosporium spp.) grow on this honeydew, contaminating fruit and ornamental crops and rendering

• Wheat

  commonly T. aestivum ) is a cereal grain, but botanically a particular type of fruit referred to as caryopsis. Wheat originates from southwestern Asia, or more

• Sweet pepper

  Capsicum annuum . These different cultivars of the sweet pepper plant bear fruit in different colours ranging from vanilla/white and yellow to orange , green

• Chili pepper

  diameter) and acrid, their shape is ellipsoid-conical to lanceolate. The fruit (the peppers) usually develop from a pale yellow to a bright red when ripe

• Broad mite

  tissue can also develop on fruit. Where pierced cells are killed, deformed corky patches frequently appear causing misshapen fruits that often crack open at [...] us latus ) lay their eggs mainly on the underside of the leaf or on the fruit surface. The elongated, oval eggs are firmly attached to the surface and

• American serpentine leaf miner

  this can lead to burning in fruit such as tomato and melon. Loss of leaves also reduces yield. In full-grown plants of fruiting vegetable crops, however,

• Tomato leaf miner

  this can lead to burning in fruit such as tomato and melon . Loss of leaves also reduces yield. In full-grown plants of fruiting vegetable crops, however