With producers reporting traditional backpacker labour shortages for picking crops, there are reports of people saying they will leave their fruit unpicked or left to rot where it falls. (more…)
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Check before you pack and go
While the rules are relaxing for people moving around Australia between different states and territories in relation to COVID-19, the rules remain for the movement of plants and plant products…
Connecting plant health surveillance professionals
Members of the Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific are now better connected following the launch of a new website at the Annual Surveillance Workshop 2020. (more…)
Defending against a new pest, fall armyworm
Since its detection across northern parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia in February 2020, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been quick to establish in these locations, but Plant…