Pest Outbreak on Vaitupu

Fecha de publicación

Mié, 25 May 2005, 00:00

Última actualización

Mayo 24, 2005, 9:01 a.m.

Número del informe

TUV-01/2

País

Tuvalu

Plaga identificada

Aspidiotus destructor - (ASPDDE)

Estado del informe

Final

Hospederos

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

Distribución geográfica

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

Resumen

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.

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