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Fruit fly research: Gap analysis
Fruit flies are recognised as one of horticulture’s most serious pests. A number of important species attack fruiting vegetables such as zucchini, capsicums, cucumber and … Read more
Plant Biosecurity
Biosecurity is a general description for a series of measure designed to protect businesses and the nation as a whole from the threats posed by … Read more
Potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida: exotic threats to Western Australia
Potato cyst nematode (PCN) and pale or white potato cyst nematode pose a threat to the WA Potato Industry. PCN was detected in two states … Read more
Scoping study to develop a regional biosecurity framework for the Northern Adelaide Plains
This report is a user guide for those considering the practical advancement and feasibility of regional biosecurity. It outlines the considerations, optional approaches, and cost-effective … Read more
Spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus: exotic threat to Western Australia
Spiraling whitefly is not a fly at all, but related to aphids. Its name is derived from the silken spirals that the female produces when … Read more
Sweetpotato Chlorotic Stunt Virus (SPCSV)
One SPCSV strain is unique because it has the ability to interact with these other viruses, such as the commonly occurring, aphid-transmitted Sweetpotato feathery mottle … Read more
The Effects of Using Anhydrous Ammonia to Supply Nitrogen to Vegetable Crops
Proper nitrogen management (N) on vegetable farms is essential for the health of the crop, soil and ecosystem. It has long been recognised that groundwater … Read more
Vegetable Biosecurity & Quarantine Gap Analysis
this review highlights the changing nature of global quarantine and biosecurity, the components industry biosecurity, the expectations of industries and governments in driving forward evidence … Read more
Vegetable Industry’s Participation at the International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane, August 2014
A diverse group of 22 industry members, including Vegetable IAC, Design Team, and Vegetable Technical Advisory Group representatives, attended the Congress on the vegetable industry’s … Read more
Viruses in Vegetable Crops in Australia: integrated Virus Disease Management
A fact sheet discussing the difference types of viruses found in vegetable crops in Australia, their transmission and strategic measures for control and management.
Monitoring psyllids and psyllid predators in Australian potato crops
Zebra chip disease, caused by Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous and vectored by the tomato potato psyllid (TPP), Bactericera cockerelli, is a devastating disease of potato and … Read more
Phylogeny, pathogenicity and epidemiology of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) and related pospiviroids in Australia
The horticultural industries in Australia now have, for the first time, an understanding of the origins of PSTVd outbreaks that have been detected in Australia … Read more