The Major Invertebrate Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Plantation Forestry in Southern and Western Pacific

ISBN: 1 86320 199 8

Publication number: MN044

Publication date: 1997

Summary

This publication provides data needed to help countries throughout the Southern and Western Pacific select appropriate target pests for classical biological control. The data supplied by agricultural experts in 18 participating nations indicate there are many suitable biological control targets, both arthropod pests and weeds. The book will provide a basis for staging progressive control efforts over the coming decades to provide a valuable impetus to agriculture and plantation forestry in Pacific Island nations.