The causes and consequences of taro leaf blight in Samoa and the implications for trade patterns in taro in the South Pacific region

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 93-98

  Chan, Eddie ^a   Milne, Mary ^b   Fleming, Euan ^b  

^a Division of Forestry   (Samoa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease control; Leaf blight; Samoa; Taro; Trade

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; MYCOSIS; PHYTOPHTHORA COLOCASIAE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DISEASE;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; PEST OUTBREAK;

SAMOA;

EID: 0032293491     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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