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New Guinea is considered as a centre of diversity for the genus Saccharum with S. officinarum (noble cane), S. edule (edible pitpit), S. robustum and S. spontaneum present in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Both exotic and native pests and diseases may erode this important germplasm for future plant...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the centre of origin for several Saccharum species, including S. officinarum, the original species used in commercial production. There are a number of endemic diseases that affect commercial sugar production in PNG on the commercial estate of Ramu Sugar Limited at Gusap,...
In May 2001, an international team of pathologists and entomologists undertook a Saccharum pest and disease survey around the perimeter of PNG. This paper reports on pest and disease observations in Saccharum officinarum, S. spontaneum, S. robustum, S. edule and in hybrid sugarcane. Ramu stunt was...
Sugarcane is indigenous to New Guinea with several species of Saccharum and hundreds of cultivars present in Papua New Guinea (PNG). After 20 years of commercial sugar production in PNG, most of the insect pests encountered at the Ramu Sugar estate are native and several of these may have...
In screen trials in 1992 in Papua New Guinea, Eumetopina sp. transmitted sugarcane Ramu stunt 'virus'. Ramu stunt-like symptoms were first observed in sugarcane 9-12 weeks after the introduction of infected insects.