Australian fruit and vegetable growers will be given a new edge in the fight against fruit fly, with new high-tech systems giving early warnings of fly movements. (more…)
Tag: biosecurity
Australia and NZ join forces on plant biosecurity research
Australia and New Zealand have entered into a new collaboration to strengthen plant biosecurity research. (more…)
Secured your farm? You may be the Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year
The search is on once again to find Australian agriculture’s biosecurity champions. (more…)
Australia’s largest research collaboration established to tackle feral deer
To tackle the escalating threat of feral deer, the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has brought together five state and territory governments, three local councils, three universities, and three private environmental groups, to form Australia’s largest deer management research collaboration. (more…)
Varroa threat to bees and pollination
Any threat to bee health in Australia will have significant economic impacts on tree crop industries which depend on the free pollination services they provide. (more…)
New tools identify fruit flies
The business of sorting and identifying the thousands of tephritid ‘true’ fruit flies affecting a wide variety of crops grown in Australia has just been made a lot easier with the launch of the next generation of fruit fly handbook and website. (more…)