Nominations for the Australian Biosecurity Awards (ABAs) are now open until 30 July 2021.
Plant Health Australia’s latest resource for growers is the Exotic Pest Identification and Surveillance Guide for Tropical Horticulture, developed with funding from the Australia Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
The IPPC Secretariat has opened a call for an Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) Team on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4) seeking experts with combined expertise and knowledge in:
The tenth Annual Diagnosticians’ Workshop (ADW) for members of the National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostics Network (NPBDN) will be held 17 and 18 August 2021. Exact venue to be confirmed but will be in Canberra.
Excellence has been recognised at the Australian Biosecurity Awards which celebrates individuals, groups and organisations that support and improve Australia’s biosecurity systems.
Members are invited to have your say about future network activities by completing the NPBDN Professional Development Survey.
The Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics (SPHD) is pleased to announce applications for the Diagnostic Residential Program are now open.
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.
The Caterpillar Key is a free tool for the identification of caterpillars to family level, with a focus on families of biosecurity and economic concern to Australia.