Non-Pests

Non-Pests

• Nutritional problems
  • Boron deficiency, Pritchardia crown droop, Hawaii
  • ?K deficicency, coconuts, PNG
  • ?Salt damage, mango, Orissa, India
  • Chinese cabbage, marginal chlorosis, ?salt, Palau
  • ?Boron deficiency papaya, treatment, Palau
  • ?Magnesium/potassium deficiency coconuts, St Lucia
  • Cupressus spp., lack of mycorrhiza, St Lucia
  • Cassava, fibrous inclusions, Fiji
  • Tomato, split fruits. water/potassium, Solomon Is
  • Mg deficiency, wood shavings, tomato, Solomon Is
  • Watermelon disorders Cameroon
  • ?Nutritional problem (Mg or K), coconuts, St Lucia
  • Mango, little leaf, Andra Pradesh, India
  • Mango, possibly little leaf, Andra Pradesh, India
  • Deformed papaya fruit, Bogor, Indonesia
  • Papaya fruit, boron problem, India
  • Mango, possibly nutritional or thrips, Malawi
  • Pomegranate decline, Maharashtra, India
  • Capsicum with crinkly skin, India
• Plant ID
  • Crataeva religiosa, identification, FSM
  • Zizyphus sp., fruit, Australia
  • Pagiantha thurstonii, identification, Fiji
  • Uvaria sp., fruit, identification, Philippines
  • White sapote, Casimiroa edulis, Fr. Polynesia
• Insects
  • Psocids, lettuce – do they spread disease? Cook Is
  • Teleostylinus sp., “push-me, pull-you fly”, Nuie
  • ?Tipulid larva, cranefly, covering gel, Samoa
  • Monarch butterflies, Pacific occurrence, Australia
  • Insects as animal feed, safety concerns, Samoa
  • Fossil plants, insect damage? US
  • Butterflies, mud puddling, collecting salt, India
  • ?Chironomus, non-biting midge, Australia
  • Psocid webbing, does it occur? Hawaii
  • Ladybeetles from Maldives
  • Scirtidae (Coleoptera), aquatic larvae, Sri Lanka
  • Darkling beetles, houses, Samoa
  • Eggsac, coconut leaf, AP India
  • African monarch, Danaus plexippu, Egypt
  • Monarch butterfly, 2016 season, New Zealand
  • Insects from Assiut University, Egypt
• Fungi
  • Amanita sp., mushroom, identification, India
  • Xylaria, Dead man’s finger, Guam
  • Macrolepiota sp., identification, India
  • Boletus pulverulentus, identification, Australia
  • ?Suillus sp., India
  • ?Pleurotus sp., India
  • Edible fungi, a new compendium by CABI, Vanuatu
  • Volvariella volvacea, is it edible? Solomon Is
  • Sooty mold, seagrass, Coccoloba uvifera, St Lucia
  • Coral fungus, Ramaria
• Slime moulds
  • Slime mould possible, Trichosanthes dioica, India
  • Slime mould, betel nut palm, Palau
  • Myxomycete, growing on yam leaves, CNMI
• Physiological responses
  • Dragonfruit, pathogen or sunburn, Malaysia
  • Scab, Dragonfruit, over-watering, Australia
  • Sunburn, dragon fruit, Lao
  • Sunken spots, tomato, abiotic or biotic, Cook Is
  • ?Mg deficiency, Lagenaria
  • Storage problems, pears, India
  • Rambutan ‘ball’, lack of natural abscission, Samoa
  • Squash fruit drop, lack of pollination, Tonga
  • Black marks on guava fruit, India
  • Physiological or disease, lettuce, Cambodia
  • Pinus caribaea, (?lightening) deaths, Fr Polynesia
  • Deformed coconut, small seed, fibre only, Barbados
  • Pineapple, multiple crowns, Samoa
  • Banana transplant problem, Gujarat, India
  • Symptoms, pineapple: disease or old age, Australia
  • Chemical damage, possibly, papaya, India
  • Falling rambutan fruit, Samoa
  • Liming taro against Pythium root rot, Samoa
• Bats
  • Bats, decline cave dwelling, Fiji & Samoa
• Snakes
  • Brahminy blind snake, harmless, Samoa
  • Ramphotyphlops braminus, Brahminy blind snake, NZ
• Spiders & Scorpions
  • Ambypygid, tailless whip scorpion, PNG
• Weeds
  • ?Zinnia linearis, highlands, PNG
• Other
  • Unwanted environmentally effects from growing GM
  • GMOs, Cartagena Protocol, Pacific strategy, Palau
  • Timber preservation methods, Nuie
  • PestNet messages recorded on Ecoport, FAO
  • Ponds with ducks; What to plant? Hawaii
  • Pacific islands plant pathologists
  • Planarium worm, India
• Conservation
  • Monarch butterfly conservation – more milkweed