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Boiga irregularis (brown tree snake)
Native island species are predisposed and vulnerable to local extinction by invaders. When the brown tree snake (Boiga...
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Emilia sonchifolia (red tasselflower)
E. sonchifolia has been reported as a weed of 29 crops, but although extremely common, Holm et al. (1997) do not consider it to be troublesome....
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Merremia peltata
Noted to be a dominant species in forest plantations in Western Polynesia, Solomon Islands and Indonesia (Whistler (1983), Neil (1982a) and Nazif...
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Chloris barbata (purpletop chloris)
C. barbata is reported as a serious weed in Australia, Korea and Thailand, a principal weed in Cambodia and India, and a common weed in Hawaii,...
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Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)
H. verticillata is a submerged plant that has rapid growth and a highly effective survival strategy that makes it one of the most...
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Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMV)
PMMV causes considerable yield losses (ca 20-30%) in field-grown and protected infected pepper crops as well as causing significant loss of...
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Aonidiella orientalis (oriental yellow scale)
A. orientalis is highly polyphagous and is therefore potentially a serious pest of a wide range of crops. It is considered to be a serious pest in...
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Bactrocera passiflorae (Fijian fruit fly)
The economic impact of B. passiflorae is not documented clearly. However, as with most pest Bactrocera spp., damage levels can be anything up to...
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Chrysomphalus aonidum (circular scale)
The most important crop damaged by C. aonidum is citrus: damage has been recorded in the USA (Florida, Texas), Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico,...
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Duponchelia fovealis (Southern European marshland pyralid)
Although D. fovealis has spread and continues to spread in international trade, it is primarily a threat to protected cultivated crops and not a...
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