Nursery, fruit, nut and forestry industries in Western Australia should be on the lookout for the exotic pest, polyphagous shot-hole borer (Euwallacea fornicates) after a recent detection in Fremantle, Perth in August 2021. (more…)
Tag: pests
National Fruit Fly Council appoints new manager
Plant Health Australia (PHA) and Hort Innovation are proud to announce that Stuart Burgess has been appointed as the new manager of the National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC). (more…)
New important conditions for Brown Marmorated Stinkbug season
The first day of Spring marks a lot of things for farmers, one of them being the beginning of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys) risk season, which runs from 1 September 2021 to 30 April 2022, when the pest travels to Australia hitchhiking among imported goods and cargo. (more…)
PHA launches free plant biosecurity surveillance training
Plant Health Australia (PHA) has launched an online plant biosecurity surveillance course aimed at strengthening industry and government’s plant biosecurity response readiness and resilience. (more…)
The status of plant biosecurity in Australia
The National Plant Biosecurity Status Report (NPBSR) is the latest comprehensive plant biosecurity resource detailing Australia’s plant biosecurity system and the pre-border, border and post-border activities undertaken in the last year. (more…)
Milestone: WildDogScan app reaches 125,000 entries
The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions WildDogScan monitoring and management resource now contains more than 125,000 entries of wild dogs, attacks, and management actions. The free resource continues to provide a valuable tool for farmers, landholder groups, wild dog controllers and biosecurity groups across Australia. (more…)