Resources

This resource is an online interactive guide that helps users identify and learn about Australian tropical rainforest plants, including their features, classifications, and ecology.

Papaya mealybug is a small, sap sucking insect that feeds on over 55 host plants, including papaya, avocado, citrus, cotton, and coffee. It is thought to be native to the Americas. This species is also found throughout Asia and the Pacific Islands, with recent detections in Africa. As of 2024 this mealybug is known to occur in isolated regions of Northern Territory and Queensland.

NDP 52 National Diagnostic Protocol for Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV; species Potyvirus zeananus)

View presentations and video recordings of Virtual Annual Diagnostics Workshop (vADW) 2022-23

This page provides an overview of presentations and activities from the 2023–24 NPBDN residential, an in-person training and networking event aligned with the Annual Diagnostic and Surveillance Workshop (ADSW).

This page outlines national standards and guidelines for the use of high throughput sequencing in Australian biosecurity diagnostics, supporting consistent, accurate detection and analysis of pests and diseases.

This page provides training resources and guidance for preparing, preserving and managing biological reference collections, including manuals and instructional videos on plant, insect and pathogen specimens.

NDP 51 National Diagnostic Protocol for Pine-wood nematode – Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

This page provides an overview of presentations and activities from ADSW 2023 (Annual Diagnostic and Surveillance Workshop), highlighting key training and knowledge sharing sessions from the event.

This page provides access to materials from the 2024 Annual Diagnostic Workshop session on National Diagnostic Protocol development and review, including resources on protocols, history and priority pests.

Rapid molecular assays to detect honey bee mites, 19 March 2024 (ADW 2024 Workshop 3)

This page provides contact details for reference collection managers to support coordination and access to biological collections.

Presentation downloads from the Xylella Workshop, 24 November 2023 (Adelaide)

Black twig borer is native to east Asia, but is now widely distributed across nearly all tropical regions of the world including most of sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, south-east Asia and many Pacific islands including New Guinea. It is known to be a major pest of many commercial crops including avocado, mango, macadamia, fig, lychees, coffee and cocoa. It is also known to attack a wide range of other shrubs and trees including many species of Eucalyptus, Acacia and other trees that are native to Australia and grown in plantations overseas. Black twig borers are therefore a major exotic pest threat to Australia’s forestry industry, several tree fruit industries, and to our natural environment.

NDP 53 National Diagnostic Protocol for Cyst Nematodes (The genus Heterodera)