All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  News and Views

  Three 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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  News and Views

  UWA researchers discover the cause of devastating crop disease

  Researchers at The University of Western Australia have identified the cause of the devastating faba bean gall disease for the first time,...

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  Farm Management

  Biosecurity 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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  Farm Management

  Green 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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  News and Views

  Differences in insecticide sensitivity shown in fall armyworm

  New research indicates there are variable levels of sensitivity to some insecticides between populations of fall armyworm (FAW) in different geographical areas...

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  Farm Management

  Parkes parthenium patrol

  A major reconnaissance operation, involving more than 30 biosecurity, natural resources, logistics and support specialists from across NSW, will survey two parthenium...

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  News and Views

  Integrated 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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  News and Views

  The 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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  Farm Management

  Glyphosate-resistant capeweed detected in WA

  Researchers from the Grains Research and Development Corporation-supported Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) have detected the world’s first population of glyphosate-resistant capeweed.

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  Small Farms

  Horticulture growers urged to monitor crops for voracious pest

  Horticulture and turf growers in the Gingin and north Wanneroo production areas have been urged to monitor crops for the plant pest,...