As part of a continuing, national effort to measure the resistance of insects in stored grain to phosphine, the Victoria’s Grains Biosecurity Officer, Jim Moran, wants to visit farms to collect insects in and around grain storages. (more…)
Tag: pests
Significant progress towards a weeds RDE portfolio
Over the past two years the Centre has been making steady but important progress in moving towards the development of a Weeds Portfolio. For now, it remains an important stream of our overall RD&E activities. (more…)
Enhancing Australia’s bee pest surveillance
Enhancements to the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program have delivered a range of valuable outcomes to support the health of Australia’s bees. (more…)
New tools to help your seasonal workers be biosecurity aware
Transient workers are a crucial part of the workforce for many farm businesses, but bringing workers onto your farm – from overseas or other parts of your state or Australia – who move around the country in search of work may also bring diseases, pests and weed seeds with them. (more…)
Have you spotted the parallels?
Epidemic, incursion, outbreak: call it what you like, you should take note of what’s happening in Australia in response to COVID-19, because a crop or livestock pest or disease outbreak would play out quite similarly. (more…)
Researchers test their real time eDNA detection kits in Thailand
The ornamental fish trade in Australia has an estimated value of about $350 million, with 12 to 14 million fish imported each year. While this trade is great for the economy it can also be a significant biosecurity risk if exotic fishes were to be purposely released into our river systems. (more…)