The PBRI has scheduled a series of workshops on high priority plant biosecurity issues, with the first being held last week on 25 February 2021on the serious problem of global sea container hygiene.
2020 was declared the International Year of Plant Health by the United Nations General Assembly and as the year draws to a close, we can reflect on the opportunities we had to raise global awareness on the importance of plant health.
The protection of our $32 billion plant industries is a priority of the highest order, and this provides drive and focus for the collaborative Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative.
A new partnership aimed at strengthening plant biosecurity has been signed today between the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
The PBRI has launched three podcasts on the impact and management of fall armyworm for growers across Australia.
A PBRI paper on ‘Science diplomacy for plant health’ was published in the scientific journal Nature Plants, coinciding with the IPPC International Year of Plant Health 2020.
The Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud, announced that the funding for the PBRI has been renewed.
Australia’s PBRI has signed an MOU with the European Phytosanitary Research and Coordination network, Euphresco.
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.
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 […]
