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Alarm bells ring in Vanuatu
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Alarm bells ring in Vanuatu
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Since December 1998, three islands in Vanuatu have been infested by the red ant Wasmannia auropunctata. These tiny undesirables measure between just 1 and 1.5 mm, and build their nests in tree trunks or under waste vegetation, attacking plants - by eating their leaves - and invertebrates too. Their bite causes pain to humans, and is dangerous to animals. To prevent their spread, the plant health inspection service of Vanuatu has been spraying boats and planes coming from the islands of Vanua Lava, Mota and Gaua, whose export of agricultural produce has been prohibited
Since December 1998, three islands in Vanuatu have been infested by the red ant Wasmannia auropunctata. These tiny undesirables measure between just 1 and 1.5 mm, and build their nests in tree trunks or under waste vegetation, attacking plants - by... |
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2014-10-16T09:07:31Z
2014-10-16T09:07:31Z 2000 |
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News Item
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CTA. 2000. Alarm bells ring in Vanuatu ?. Spore 85. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46662 |
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en
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Spore;85
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CTA
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Spore
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