Date issued 18 August 2004
India has revised their quarantine weed seed list for Australian commodities. The list of quarantine weed seeds list has been reduced from 61 to 33. Of the 33 listed weed seeds, it appears that 17 are listed in Australia and not in India. The revision is based on technical submissions made by BioSecurity Australia (BA) to the Indian Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
All exports must be free, in inspected samples, of these weed seeds. India has given Australia permission to implement the revised weed seed list immediately. The Indian revision notification is likely to take approximately two weeks to pass this through their legislative processes before it becomes part of their legislation. Details of the updated legislation will be available from the Plant Quarantine Organisation of India webpage.
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Present in Aust |
Weed Seed |
Present in Aust |
Weed Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes |
Allium vineale |
Yes |
Echinochloa crus-pavonts |
|
|
Ambrosia maritime |
Yes |
Froelichia floridana |
|
Yes |
Ambrosia psilostrachya |
|
Helianthus californicus |
|
|
Ambrosia trifida |
Yes |
Helianthus ciliaris |
|
|
Apera-spica-venti |
Yes |
Heliotropium amplexicaule |
|
Yes |
Bromus diandrus |
|
Leersia japonica |
|
Yes |
Bromus rigidus |
|
Matricaria performatum |
|
Yes |
Bromus secalinus |
Yes |
Polygonum cuspidatum |
|
|
Cenchrus tribuloides |
Yes |
Proboscidea louisianica |
|
|
Centaurea diffusa |
|
Salsola vermiculata |
|
|
Centaurea maculosa |
Yes |
Senecia jacobaea |
|
Yes |
Centaurea solstitialis |
Yes |
Solanum carolinense |
|
|
Centaurea pumilum |
|
Striga hermonthica |
|
|
Centaurea spinosum |
Yes |
Thesium australe |
|
|
Cordia curassavica |
|
Thesium humiaale |
|
Yes |
Cuscuta australis |
Yes |
Viola arvensis |
|
|
Cynoglossum officinale |
|
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If you have any queries regarding this list please contact your local AQIS office or Ray Elson on (02) 6272 4976 or David Fouracre on (02) 6272 5968
Lois Ransom
Senior Manager, Plant Programs
Grain Export Program contact officer:
Ray Elson tel. 02 6272 4976
David Fouracre tel. 02 6272 5968
or Email: Horticulture/Grains