Taro leaf blight hits Western Samoa

Taro, Colocasia esculenta, is one of the main staple food crops of Pacific Island countries and is the principal crop of Western Samoa but the devastating fungal disease, taro leaf blight (Phytophthora colocasiae), has now hit Western Samoa. The...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1994
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49311
Description
Summary:Taro, Colocasia esculenta, is one of the main staple food crops of Pacific Island countries and is the principal crop of Western Samoa but the devastating fungal disease, taro leaf blight (Phytophthora colocasiae), has now hit Western Samoa. The...