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To receive any of the publications listed below, please fill the Publication Request Form. Please note, only requests from SPC member countries are delivered free of charge. Requests from SPC non-member countries are required to pay for the publications plus postage. Prices will be sent to you by the SPC Librarian after your Publication Request Form has been processed.

1. Taro Seminar II (2nd : 1995 : Lae, Papua New Guinea) : proceedings. Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission; 1996. 35 p. (Report of Meeting (South Pacific Commission).

2. Taro Leaf Blight Seminar (Alafua, Western Samoa, 22-26 November, 1993) : report and papers. Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission; 1994. 28 p.
   

Survey Reports

1. Postharvest reports
   Post-Harvest Quality Survey of Fresh produce from Pacific Island Countries By Gordon Grandison, South Pacific Trade Commission. 2001-2002.

The version of these manuals provided here is suitable for online viewing, or viewing on your computer screen after downloading. Another version, with the illustrations in a higher resolution suitable for printing to paper, is available on CD from South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). If you would like such a CD send an e-mail to Sam Sesega.

These manuals have introductory sections on the biology & classification of, and then focus on techniques such as collection and preservation of specimens. As such they offer much of interest to plant protection and quarantine staff. Click on a title to view a manual on-line. Click on a download box to download the manual to your computer.

1. Collecting and Preserving Fungi: A Manual for Mycology (1999). Edited by A.P. Baxter & E. van der Linde, ARC-PPRI, Pretoria.(2nd edition).

2. Collecting and Preserving Nematodes: A Manual for Nematology (1999). Edited by K.P.N. Kleynhans, ARC-PPRI, Pretoria. (2nd edition).

3. Collecting and Preserving Insects and Arachnids: A Manual for Entomology and Arachnology (1999). Edited by I.M. Millar, V.M Uys & R.P. Urban, ARC-PPRI, Pretoria. (2nd edition, printed; ISBN 1-868-49144-7 (3rd edition, on this CD only).

4. Introduction to Practical Phytobacteriology: A Manual for Phytobacteriology (2000). Compiled by T. Goszczynska, J.J. Serfontein & S. Serfontein, ARC-PPRI, Pretoria. (1st edition).

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Suggested books
The following books are suggested as being core texts that plant protection specialist staff need to have permanent access to for their work. Therefore each specialist department or laboratory needs to purchase their own copies of those relevant to their discipline.

1. Plant Pathology

2. Entomology
   

   1. A  Dictionary of Entomology. G. Gordh and D H Headrick. HB Publisher: CABI, 2001. 1050 p. ISBN 0 85199 2919 (US$ 140.00)

   2. Classical Biological Control of Arthropods in Australia. D F Waterhouse and D P A Sands. ACIAR Monograph No.77. HB Publishers, 2001. 560 p. ACIAR:0642457093 (AUD$60.00 plus AUD$35.00 for Postage)

   3. The next could be considered particularly in larger island countries.

Guidelines for biological control projects in the Pacific. Waterhouse, D. F. Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission; 1991. 30 p. (Information document (South Pacific Commission); no. 57).

3. Weeds

   1. Weeds of the Pacific Islands. Swarbrick, John T. Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission; 1997. 124 p.  (Technical paper (South Pacific Commission); 209). (Available from SPC Library)

   2. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Whistler, Arthur W. Echborn, Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit; 1983. 151 p.  

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Leaflets
The free supply of these leaflets is largely restricted to Plant Protection and Quarantine Services of the Pacific Island countries and territories, which are core clients of the SPC PPS.

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1. The New Zealand PRA System – integrating pest risk assessment, risk management and risk communication by Barbara Brown, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, NAPPO Conference Presentation, March 2002.

2. Pest Risk Analysis in developing countries, capability and constraints by Dr Robert Ikin, Risk Analysis Consultant, Pacific Plant Protection Organisation. Suva. Fiji, NAPPO Conference Presentation, March 2002.

3. Post-Harvest Quality Survey of Fresh Produce from Pacific Island Countries, Progress Report, January 2002, by Dr Gordon Grandison, South Pacific Trade Commission.

4. Post-Harvest Quality Survey of Fresh Produce from Pacific Island Countries, Progress Report, November 2001, by Dr Gordon Grandison, South Pacific Trade Commission.

5. Survey of Bemisia tabaci biotype B whitefly (also known as B. argentifolii) and its natural enemies in the South Pacific. De Barro, Paul, 1997.
   (This paper has two annexes, in the form of spreadsheets, entitled: "Catalogue of whiteflies collected in the Pacific" and "Catalogue of natural enemies of whiteflies, especially Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum". To obtain a copy of these  please send an email to the Information Assistant)