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The Australian Plant Pathology Seminar and Annual General Meeting will be held in person and online on Tuesday, 23 July 2024. The Australian Plant Pathology Seminar and Annual General Meeting will be held in person and online on Tuesday, 23 July 2024. The event will be hosted by the University of Me

The Centre for AgriBiosciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is offering a PhD opportunity: The application of near-field sequencing technology as a triage and surveillance tool to detect pests and pathogens. The Centre for AgriBiosciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Vict

The Virtual ADSW 2024 event was held on Wednesday, 5 June 2024. Highlights of the Virtual ADSW 2024 included:

the delivery of 11 presentations in the program by surveillance practitioners and diagnostics experts across Australia

three presentations delivered by invited speakers, including: Jane Royer (DAFF) presented Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) initiatives and prioritization approaches; Bill Crowe (DAFF) presented Significant plant health border biosecurity detections; Paul Campbell (QDAF) provided an overview of the Vegetable Industry Biosecurity and Business Continuity project and its proposed activities

a record number of 323 registrations to attend Virtual ADSW 2024, with 232 people attending session one and 209 people attending session two of the workshop.

A National Diagnostic Protocol (NDP) for Pine-wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) has been endorsed. A National Diagnostic Protocol (NDP) for Pine-wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) has been endorsed by the Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics (SPHD) for use in the event of an inc

This month we are profiling Alyssa Martino, PhD Candidate (The University of Sydney) and Scientific Officer Biodiversity Research (Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience). This month we are profiling Alyssa Martino, PhD Candidate (The University of Sydney) and Scientific Officer Biodiversity Resea

A record number of Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific (PSNAP) and National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostics Network (NPBDN) members registered to attend the Virtual ADSW 2024 that was held on Wednesday, 5 June 2024. A record number of Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific (PSNAP) a

Register for the CitrusWatch webinar - Friday 21 June, 11.00am-12pm AEST The CitrusWatch program began in June 2021. As the program finishes its third year biosecurity professionals are invited to register to attend a webinar online to hear about how the program is tracking in the areas of exotic pe

This free workshop is supported by the Southern eDNA society and aims to prioritize the DNA barcodes needed to fully realize the benefits of DNA-based monitoring in the Northern Territory. Date: Thursday, 6 June 2024 Venue: The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Auditorium Time: 9 am