All posts tagged "pests"

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  News and Views

  Check for citrus pest during Biosecurity Blitz 2017

  Perth gardeners have been urged to inspect their citrus trees for signs of citrus gall wasp, a pest which will be on...

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  Must See

  Flash us your best feral photos and videos

  The Annual PestSmart Feral Photo and Video Competition is back for its seventh year, again with great prizes on offer and new...

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  Must See

  Who is the next Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year?

  If you know an Aussie farmer who takes biosecurity seriously and goes the extra length to avoid diseases, pests and weeds coming...

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  News and Views

  Fighting a fishing threat

  The fight to protect our fishing waterways against noxious weed cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) has intensified following a $600,000 boost from the Territory...

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  News and Views

  Hitchhiking bugs cause a stink

  Emergency measures introduced in 2014 to prevent an exotic stink bug establishing itself in Australia were so successful that similar measures have...

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  News and Views

  Fitzgibbon residents urged to be on the lookout for fire ants

  Biosecurity Queensland has stepped up its community engagement program in Fitzgibbon, in Brisbane’s north eastern suburbs to ensure any other red imported...

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  Rural

  Look out for pest birds in South West

  The WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is calling on the South West community to help keep destructive pest birds...

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  News and Views

  Horticulture industry abuzz for better bee pest surveillance

  The Federal Government is strengthening the surveillance of Australia’s bee population for exotic pests, protecting an industry worth $2.5 billion to horticulture...

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  Fast Facts

  Vigilance a proven difference

  Three recent pest incursions have highlighted the benefits of early detection in containing and eradicating exotic pests.

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  Farm Management

  Spring into canola diamondback moth control

  Western Australian canola growers and agronomists are encouraged to closely monitor crops for incidence of diamondback moth (DBM, Plutella xylostella) heading into...