All posts tagged "Plant Health Australia"

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  Farm Management

  New surveillance guide for pests and diseases of tropical crops

  Plant Health Australia’s latest resource for growers is the Exotic Pest Identification and Surveillance Guide for Tropical Horticulture, developed with funding from...

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  Small Farms

  National Fruit Fly Symposium calls for national strategy commitment

  Implementing the National Fruit Fly Strategy 2020-25 via a sustainable funding model was the resounding conclusion from those who devoted their time...

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  News and Views

  Sweet! Citrus canker eradicated from Oz

  After a three-year effort, citrus canker (caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri) has been eradicated from Australia.

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  Farm Management

  Biosecurity essentials: orchard harvest outputs

  Using good on farm hygiene reduces the risk of spreading pests and diseases and minimises the risks they pose to your business....

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  News and Views

  Happy Birthday PHA! 21 years of improving national biosecurity outcomes

  April 2021 marks 21 years of improving national biosecurity outcomes through partnerships for Plant Health Australia (PHA). To celebrate this milestone, we...

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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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  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

  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.