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Save the days so you can join our plant health community to exchange knowledge and innovation on Plant Health, Enviromental Protection and Biodiversity The Chief Plant Protection and Chief Environmental Biosecurity offices are excited to announce a plant health science exchange to celebrate the UN I

This year the joint Annual Diagnostics and Surveillance Workshop (ADSW) 2023 will be held in Canberra on 9 –11 May. The third day (11 May) is optional as it will be field based (TBC). The event will be delivered as a hybrid workshop (with in-person and virtual attendance). The theme for ADSW 2023 is “Implementation through connections”

Confirmed Guest Speakers – Annual Diagnostics and Surveillance Workshop 2023

EPPO Bulletin PM 7/122 (2) Guidelines for the organization of interlaboratory comparisons by plant pest diagnostic laboratories – EPPO Bulletin – Wiley Online Library

The requirements for a plant pest diagnostic laboratory to be able to organize interlaboratory comparisons.

On 23rd November 2022, the National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostic Network (NPBDN) held a member webinar explaining how National Diagnostic Protocols are developed and how they are used to improve Australia’s ability to identify plant biosecurity threats.

NDP Webinar The National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostic Network (NPBDN) held a member webinar explaining how National Diagnostic Protocols are developed and how they are used to improve Australia’s ability to identify plant biosecurity threats. With 91 attendees, and a diverse range of speakers the we

Manuals to help the identification of Australian plant bugs (Miridae: Heteroptera) and Lygaeoidea (Heteroptera) of economic importance have been developed and are freely available to download from the NPBDN website.