Director of Research and Development Division William Wigmore said that it was in August 2015 that he took the samples to Samoa.
“These materials were provided to the Samoan Ministry of Agriculture for testing against the blight under quarantine protocols and we are still awaiting results,” Wigmore said.
He said they are hoping to get some promising information on the performance of the samples against the leaf blight disease.
Wigmore said only one species of common taro with the botanical name Colocasia esculenta was taken.