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Grants open for wood processing facilities.

Grants open for wood processing facilities

  • Media release
  • Grants
Applications are now open for the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program grant round.
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Launch of the National Hitchhiker Plant Pest Action Plan 2022–2032

  • Media release
  • Pests
The National Hitchhiker (Contaminating) Plant Pest Action Plan 2022–2032 released today will protect Australia’s plant-related industries and…
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Lab-on-a-chip trial looks to up biosecurity detection times

  • Media release
  • Plants
A diagnostic tool using nano technology to rapidly detect high-risk plant pests and pathogens in the field will undergo feasibility testing in a…
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Plant pest focus sharpened ahead of National Science Week

  • Media release
  • Plants
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided funding for the upgrade of two key scientific identification tools for plant pests…

First PhD student at the Plant Innovation Centre at Post-Entry Quarantine

  • Media release
  • Plants
The first PhD student to work at the Plant Innovation Centre at Post-Entry Quarantine has been welcomed by the Department of Agriculture, Water and…

Hold the phone - International plant health surveys go digital

  • Media release
  • Plants
The department’s international scientific collaboration has gone digital with international plant health surveys being conducted remotely for the…