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Spotting the difference between plant pathogen infections
How well do you know vegetable diseases? In this edition of The Front Line, join AUSVEG Biosecurity Officer Zali Mahony as she learns how to … Read more
Researcher of the Year award feature: Salah Sukkarieh
Professor Salah Sukkarieh New South Wales 2014 Salah Sukkarieh is a Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Sydney. In 2014, Salah … Read more
Researcher of the Year award feature: Len Tesoriero
Dr Len Tesoriero New South Wales 2010 Len Tesoriero’s career as a researcher identifying and managing vegetable crop diseases spans over four decades. Len retired … Read more
Researcher of the Year award feature: Denis Persley
Denis Persley Queensland 2011 Denis Persley is a plant pathologist with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Queensland (DAF). Based at the Ecosciences Precinct … Read more
Meet Dr Lucy Tran-Nguyen: The Top End ‘ologist’
Dr Lucy Tran-Nguyen has been a horticultural researcher for almost 24 years, with resounding success. In 2016, Lucy was awarded the Bayer-sponsored 2016 Researcher of … Read more
Hort Innovation: Supporting the Australian horticulture sector
Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australia’s horticulture sector. It works closely with industry to invest the vegetable R&D levy … Read more
Advanced crop protection solutions for fall armyworm and serpentine leafminer
Outside of COVID-related factors, plant pests and diseases continue to be one of the biggest challenges for vegetable growers. Headlining these pest concerns are fall … Read more
Vector monitoring and disease identification activities continue
A multi-million-dollar project responsible for developing an ‘area wide management’ strategy commenced in 2018 to address high-priority viral and bacterial diseases affecting vegetable crops. Project … Read more
Investigation into viruses affecting veg continues
In this article, Dr Cherie Gambley from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, provides an update on a multi-million-dollar research project that was established … Read more
Case study: Managing potyvirus disease of zucchini in Australia
Virus disease is a major limiting factor to zucchini production and is mostly caused by one or more potyvirus species. Papaya ringspot virus-type W (PRSV-W) … Read more
Investigation into viruses affecting veg continues
In this article, Dr Cherie Gambley from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, provides an update on a multi-million-dollar research project that was established … Read more
AUSVEG Engagement and Extension team heads to the Northern Territory
Members of the AUSVEG Engagement and Extension team recently presented at the NT Farmers pre-season meeting discussing levy-funded initiatives and biosecurity projects.