Pest Outbreak on Vaitupu

Publication Date

أربعاء, 25 مايو 2005, 00:00

اخر تحديث

مايو 24, 2005, 9:01 ص

Report Number

TUV-01/2

الدولة

Tuvalu

Pest Id

Aspidiotus destructor - (ASPDDE)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Hosts - coconuts, breadfruits, bananas, taro, frangipani, crinum lily etc

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: except in specified pest free areas

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: except in specified pest free areas

Geographical Distribution

Current situation only two islands were inffected, Nanumaga in 1994 and Vaitupu in 2004

ملخص

ON the 6th September the first sign of damage was detected. To maintain the spreading during the outbreak, the infected trees were cut or trimmed and burn. The work was voluntary as every man on the island was working. the debris transported to where it burned and bury. The deAgriculture Department still waiting for the bio-agents from the SPC.

Report files

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