All posts tagged "Plant Health Australia"
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60AgricultureThree day, online national fruit fly symposium slated for May 4 2021
The ongoing battle against fruit fly, which continues to threaten over half of Australia’s $13 billion horticulture sector and the 60,000 people...
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242AgricultureBiosecurity essentials: new planting material
Almost anything moved onto your property can be a potential source of pests and diseases for your production areas.
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219AgricultureGreen bridge management a key for grains biosecurity
The green bridge is any plant material such as crop volunteers and weeds growing out of season that can act as hosts...
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275AgricultureIntegrated pest management best option for new leaf miner
Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) is a new pest to arrive in Australia, first reported in NSW in Greater Sydney in October 2020,...
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244AgricultureThe importance of records in an incursion
If you sometimes feel like you are drowning in paperwork, be reassured that keeping records is a genuinely useful biosecurity practice.
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651AgriculturePick up fallen fruit in orchards
With producers reporting traditional backpacker labour shortages for picking crops, there are reports of people saying they will leave their fruit unpicked...
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635AgricultureCheck before you pack and go
While the rules are relaxing for people moving around Australia between different states and territories in relation to COVID-19, the rules remain...
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674AgricultureConnecting plant health surveillance professionals
Members of the Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific are now better connected following the launch of a new website at the Annual Surveillance...
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406News and ViewsDefending against a new pest, fall armyworm
Since its detection across northern parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia in February 2020, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been...
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380AgricultureBlueprint for national cooperation on fruit fly released
The path towards a more coordinated and sustainable fruit fly management system to protect the future productivity and profitability of Australia’s horticulture...
