Insect Pests of Sweet Potato and Taro in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea: Their Habits and Control.

Abstract

Most of the plants grown for food in the Territory are either indigenous or have been grown for a long period of time. Thus most pests are controlled by natural factors in the environment, except for those brief periods when they have favourable conditions, and come into prominence. It is only on these occasions that chemical control measures are required.