Bright future for plant health research
The Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud, announced that the funding for the PBRI has been renewed.
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Australia joins international plant health research network
Australia’s PBRI has signed an MOU with the European Phytosanitary Research and Coordination network, Euphresco.
Fall armyworm in Torres Strait and Far North Queensland
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an exotic pest that has recently been detected for the first time in the Torres Strait and at the tip of Cape York in Far North Queensland.
Launch of IYPH in Oz
Garnering support across Australia to protect plants from pests and diseases was the aim of the launch of the International Year of Plant Health at Parliament House, Canberra on 6 February 2020 supported by the PBRI. For the first time in history, the United Nations General Assembly has focused global attention on plant health by […]
New pest reporting and responses course for researchers
A new course called ‘Researchers – Pest Reporting and Responses’ has been launched on Plant Health Australia’s Biosecurity Online Training (BOLT) platform which provides free access to plant biosecurity e-learning courses. The course is for researchers who might come in contact with new or unusual plant pests in Australia and was developed to fill a […]
EPPO–Euphresco Colloquium
The EPPO–Euphresco Colloquium ‘Plant Health at the age of metagenomics’ brought together scientists and regulators who are involved in plant health. By sharing experiences and information, together we can better understand the possibilities that metagenomics offers and how to use the vast amounts of information that will become available to improve protection of plant health. […]
Call for authors
Springer Science + Business Media has expressed strong interest in publishing a second edition of The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity, Principles and Practices for the Identification, Containment, and Control of Organisms that Threaten Agriculture and the Environment Globally. The first edition, edited by Gordon Gordh and Simon McKirdy, was published in 2014 and has enjoyed great […]
The International Year of Plant Health 2020
Year 2020 has been declared as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) by the United Nations General Assembly to emphasise the importance of plant health protection in ending hunger, reducing poverty, protecting the environment and boosting economic development. IYPH aims to contribute to: raising awareness that plant health is crucial for all life on earth, how […]
PBRI Plant Biosecurity Symposium Report
The PBRI Plant Biosecurity Research Symposium was held at the Queensland State Library in Brisbane on the 15 and 16 August. The purpose of the symposium was to share plant biosecurity RD&E across plant industries in Australia and New Zealand, with an aim to avoid duplication of research on common biosecurity themes. This ‘sold-out’ event […]
Exercise Blueprint
The enthusiasm of participants at Exercise Blueprint highlights the desire of the cotton industry to be ready for a real-life incursion.