''Saccharum robustum'', the robust cane, is a species of plant found in New Guinea.
Ecology
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Eumetopina flavipes
''Eumetopina flavipes'', the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia. ''E. flavipes'' is a vector for Ramu stunt disease, a plant disease which affects sugarcane. Ramu stunt disease is widespre ...
'', the island sugarcane planthopper, a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia and is a vector for the
Ramu stunt disease
The Ramu stunt disease is a disease of the sugarcane widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but not detected in Australia. ''Eumetopina flavipes'', the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia ...
, a plant disease which affects sugarcane, occurs also on ''S. robustum''.
The pink sugarcane borer (''
Sesamia grisescens
''Sesamia grisescens'', the pink sugarcane borer, pink stalk borer, shoot borer, sugarcane borer or ramu shoot borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Warren in 1911. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Seram, ...
''), a moth of the family Noctuidae found in Papua New Guinea, Seram, the Moluccas and New Britain, also feeds on ''S. robustum''.
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Scirpophaga excerptalis'', the white top borer or the sugarcane top borer, a moth in the family Crambidae, also feeds on ''S. robustum''.
See also
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Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia
One of the major Early human migrations, human migration events was the Maritime history, maritime Austronesian expansion, settlement of Austronesia, the islands of the Indo-Pacific by the Austronesian peoples, believed to have started from at l ...
References
* Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, MA 27:234. 1946
External links
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Flora of New Guinea
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