South Pacific Commission - German Biological Control Project: a progress report
Keywords:
Cabbage IPM, biological control, Asian cornborer, bean podborer, lantana, giant sensitive plant, rhinoceros beetleAbstract
This paper presents the accomplishments of the SPC-German Biological Control Project until September 1995. Integrated pest management program of cabbage in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Western Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Cook Islands; inundative release of the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma plasseyensis, for the control of the Asian cornborer in PNG; and the virus and fungus pathogens for the control of rhinoceros beetle in W. Samoa and Tonga and the classical biological control of lantana and giant sensitive plant in Solomon Islands, Fiji, W. Samoa, Cook Islands and Niue have either been implemented or are in the process of implementation.
