Rodents. Rats and
mice feed on noni fruits and on the basal stems of young seedlings. |
Rodent feeding damage on green noni fruit still
attached to stem. |
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Birds. Birds feed
on noni fruit and also seek insects that may penetrate inside
the noni fruit. |
Bird feeding damage to a ripening noni fruit.
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Slugs. Slugs attacks
the basal stems of young noni seedlings and may attack leaves
and fruits. |
Slug damage to noni fruit. Note the presence
of the slimy, shiny slug trail near the center of the image.
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Dodder. Dodder
is a yellowish-orange, viny, parasitic seed plant (Cuscuta sandwichiana)
that attacks lada (noni, Morinda citrifolia) on the island of
Rota, Northern Marianas. |
A noni plant on Rota, heavily infested with dodder (Cuscuta
sp.). The yellow stems of this parasitic plant hang from the
affected noni branches. Dodder has a slowly debilitating effect
on the noni plant. |
Yellow strands of flowering dodder encircle and choke a noni
stem and foliage. |
Dodder encircles and penetrates noni leaves and stems, absorbing
cellular fluids. |
Dodder flowers and yellowish-orange, viny stems. |