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All weed species recorded in the Pacific that are also biological control targets, i.e. the weed species listed in the Weed Matrix on which natural enemies have been released, and the status of natural enemies released in each country in the Pacific. This table also lists natural enemies that are not present in the Pacific but that are available for introduction from elsewhere, and their overall level of effectiveness in countries where they have been released
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Weed
Local Names
Natural Enemy
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Metadata
Option Id
590
Weed Family Name
Dioscoreaceae
Weed Scientific Name
*
Dioscorea bulbifera
English Common Name
air potato
Weed Biocontrol Status
Has natural enemies elsewhere causing significant impacts
Weed Notes
Info Sheet
American Samoa
soi
Cook Islands
oi
Fiji
kaile, kaile manu, kaile ndranu, kaile nganga, sarau
French Polynesia
FSM
ápwereka, pwereka, ellal, pereka, pureka, kehmpalahi, kehp en palahi, on balai, weisoahn, weitol, pwer, pwerh, pelai, rook, yoi
Guam
magnaheugo
Hawaii
hoi, pi'oi
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
mata
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niue
hoi
Northern Marianas
Palau
belloi
Pitcairn Islands
PNG
Samoa
soi
Solomon Islands
dau fasia, dau kwasi
Tokelau
Tonga
hoi
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
hoi, soi
Scientific|Common Name
New natural enemy(ies) under investigation
new natural enemy(ies) under investigation
Natural Enemy Biocontrol Status
New target weed under investigation
Agent Notes
Non-target attack
Impact outside Pacific on same species
not applicable
not applicable
Priority
Country
Introduction
Establishment
Impact
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26/12/2021
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