Crop Protection

TR62 Pest and disease incursions: risks,threats and management in Papua New Guinea [5]
The papers in this report were presented at the 2nd PNG Plant Protection Conference and include information on crop pests, diseases and weeds and their management, pest incursions and quarantine, and pest and disease identification.

TR55 Chromolaena in the Asia-Pacific Region [7]
Chromolaena (Siam weed) is a serious weed which has spread from its original home in the West Indies to large areas of Africa and Asia

TR36 A Guide to the Zygotic Embryo Culture of Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera L.) [8]
Coconut embryo culture has many applications, foremost of which is in the facilitation of germplasm movement

TR21 Production of Pathogen-tested Sweet Potato [9]
In 1985 a program for the improvement of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (Lam) L) was funded by ACIAR

TR18 Post-Flask Management of Tissue-cultured Bananas [10]
Banana production, an important component of the island economies of the South Pacific, is threatened by the fungal leaf disease black Sigatoka

RN26 Non-chemical Control of Rodents in Lowland Irrigated Rice Crops [11]
Rodents are a major agricultural pest across much of Southeast Asia

PR076 Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific [12]
This publication presents extended abstracts of the papers presented to a workshop held in Nadi, Fiji 28-31 October 1996

PR065 Mineral Deficiencies in Root Crops [13]
Sustainable crop production is dependent on good nutrient management

PR045 Bacterial Wilt [14]
Bacterial wilt is primarily of importance in the tropics and subtropics

PR031 Bacterial Wilt of Groundnut [15]
These proceedings are the outcome of an ACIAR/ICRISAT joint planning meeting on bacterial wilt disease of groundnut (peanut), held in Malaysia in March 1990

PR013 Bacterial Wilt Disease in Asia and the South Pacific [16]
Bacterial wilt, caused largely by Pseudomonas solanacearum, is one of the most destructive bacterial plant diseases

MN132 TaroPest: an illustrated guide to pests and diseases of taro in the South Pacific [18]
A guide to the pests and diseases of taro in the South Pacific.

MN131 Integrated pest and disease management for sustainable cocoa production: a training manual for farmers and extension workers [20]
This booklet addresses knowledge gaps in cocoa production.

MN129 Diagnostic manual for plant diseases in Vietnam [22]
A manual designed to help plant pathologists develop basic skills in the diagnosis of the cause of diseases, focusing on fungal diseases of the roots and stems.

MN119c [Thai] Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific [24]
The Thai translation of MN119, the manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN119b [Vietnamese] Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific [26]
The Vietnamese translation of MN119, the manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN119a [Indonesian] Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific [28]
Indonesian translation of MN119, the manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN119 Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific [30]
A manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN119 Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific [32]
This manual will assist plant health scientists to devise surveillance programs and to transmit specimens to the laboratory for identification and preservation.

MN102 Lantana: Current Management Status and Future Prospects [34]
This book brings together the available information about lantana and the insects and diseases that have been studied to control it

MN079 Biological Control of Water Hyacinth 2 [35]
Water hyacinth is widely recognised as the world's worst aquaric weed

MN077 Classical Biological Control of Arthropods in Australia [37]
This publication provides ready access to a summary of information on the natural enemies that have been liberated for classical biological control of anthropods in Australia up to 2000, including their origin, year of liberation, whether they have been established and with what effect

MN068 Distribution and importance of arthropods associated with agriculture and forestry in Chile [39]
This publication in both English and Spanish contains information on the most important pest species in Chile

MN067 The Distribution and Importance of Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture in Myanmar [40]
The preferred approach to pest control is now unquestionably Integrated Pest Management

MN051 Biological Control of Insect Pests: Southeast Asian Prospects [41]
This is a companion volume to Biological Control of Weeds: Southeast Asian Prospects (Waterhouse 1994)

MN049 Biological control of weeds: theory and practical application [43]
Weed problems in the Asia-Pacific region are becoming increasingly difficult to manage.

MN046 The Distribution and Importance of Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Forestry Plantations in Southern China [44]
The use of naturally occurring enemies to control native insects continues to be a dominating influence on biological control in China today

MN045 Report on ACIAR-Funded Research on Viroids and Viruses of Coconut Palm and Other Tropical Monocotyledons 1985-1993 [45]
This publication describes many aspects of the work that followed the discovery of the viroid agent of the disease

MN044 The Major Invertebrate Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Plantation Forestry in Southern and Western Pacific [46]
This publication provides data needed to help countries throughout the Southern and Western Pacific select appropriate target pests for classical biological control

MN027 Recollections of a Pacific entomologist 1925-1966 [48]
Insight into the historic setting of biological control in Australia and the Asia-Pacific.