Biosecurity and Agrisystems Protection

05/08/2018

04/08/2018

Taxonomy of Aspergillus section Flavi and their production of aflatoxins, ochratoxins and other mycotoxins

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166061618300289

04/08/2018

Decline of White Pine Decline is common among white pine in Kentucky. Two distinct diseases with similar names are often confused, b...

02/08/2018

📢 National Plant Protection Organizations are encouraged to inform political decision makers and other stakeholders about the International Year of Plant Health 🌎 🍀 https://bit.ly/2L4uT6a

02/08/2018

Diagnosing landscape plant problems can be challenging. However, an assessment of the entire growing site may aid in the diagnostic process. This publication was designed to provide a starting poin…

02/08/2018

Invasive plants have the ability to adapt to new environments -- and even behave like a native species, according to new research.

02/08/2018

Hajj, observed this year between 19 and 24 August, is the annual religious pilgrimage to Mecca with thousands of Aussie travellers heading to Saudi Arabia every year to participate.

If you are heading to Mecca and plan to bring gifts back with you, it’s important to know what traditional items may not be permitted.

Because Australia is free from many of the pests and diseases found in other parts of the world, items containing plant or animal products must be declared on your Incoming Passenger Card for inspection by biosecurity officers.

This includes products containing meat, dairy and fruit (like pomegranates, dates and figs) as well as neem and to***co.

Undeclared plant or animal material could introduce plant pests like the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa, Australia’s #1 priority plant pathogen, fruit flies or diseases like foot-and-mouth.

For more information on what gifts to avoid, visit our website at agriculture.gov.au/hajj-pilgrimage.

It's also a great idea to check smartraveller.gov.au before you head off on your trip.

01/08/2018

For many years, the IPPC Secretariat has tried to assist the participation of developing Contracting Parties to the annual meeting of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) and also some other important governing bodies meetings, such as the meetings of Standard Committee (SC), the Implement...

01/08/2018

The trees are dying in three states and Canada, and scientists still don’t know why.

31/07/2018

The G-20 Group of Agriculture Ministers at their meeting on 27-28 July 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina have endorsed the IPPC’s efforts to build an electronic certification system (ePhyto) and the initiative of an International Year of Plant Health in 2020 (IYPH 2020).

31/07/2018

Certain watercraft brought into Montana from Lake Powell on the border of Utah and Arizona may be locked to their trailers for a week or more to prevent the spread

31/07/2018

Without any natural predators in Arizona, apple snails are poised to outcompete native snails on the Salt River.