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Is the Nijenhuis tensor an obstruction to the existence of non constant pseudo-holomorphic maps?

Let $(N,J_N)$ and $(M, J_M)$ be two compact almost complex manifolds with non integrable almost complex structures (i.e., the Nijenhuis tensor is non zero for both $J_N$ and $J_M$).

Does it imply that there can not exist any non constant pseudo-holomorphic map $~f:N\rightarrow M$? Pseudo-holomorphic means $$ df\circ J_M = J_N\circ df. $$

If this is true, can someone point out a reference for this fact? I am aware that vanishing of the Nijenhuis tensor is a necessary and sufficient condition for an integrable ACS, but I don't see immediately why its non vanishing implies the non existence of non constant pseudo-holomorphic maps.

Secondly, what if $J_N$ is integrable, but $J_M$ is not? (In my original question, both $J_N$ and $J_M$ were non integrable.)

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