PPPO Report to RPPO on the 26th TC Meeting Antigua Guatemala Josua Wainiqolo Executive Secretariat Pacific Plant Protection Organisation 10th – 14th November 2014
Emerging Pests in PICs Coconut Bogia Syndrome Phytoplasma Many hosts like bananas Int’L collection of coconut varities -57 3,200 palm plants
Papaya Crown Rot (Erwinia spp) Erwinia sps Bacterial Present in Tonga Danger of it moving to Fiji – exports papaya to NZ and Australia
Papaya Mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus)
Taro Beetle (Papuana uniondis)
Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros)