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This webpage has recently been updated. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at: plantstakeholders@aff.gov.au. We released the final import risk analysis report for Cavendish bananas from the Philippines on 12 November 2008. We determined that the importation of Cavendish…
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The Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Ms Su McCluskey, visited Thailand and Singapore in October 2024 to participate in the Thailand Sustainability Expo, to champion Australian climate-smart sustainability credentials and build stronger relationships with ASEAN trading partners.Ms…
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Spotted wing drosophila larvae in a strawberry.Credit: Hannah Burrack, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
Spotted wing drosophilaExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A tiny fly (2–3 mm) that attacks a range of soft-skinned fruit and reduces crop yield and quality through direct…
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Symptoms are malformations in plants, in this case an onion flower,with aster yellows (left) and normal flower yet to open (right).Credit: Lindsey du Toit, Washington State University,Bugwood.org
Phytoplasmas 16Srl group (aster yellows group)Exotic…
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Potato cyst nematode produces characteristic cysts on plant roots. This is a close up of cysts that measure only 0.5 mm across.Gordon Berg, DPI Victoria, PaDIL.
Potato cyst nematode (exotic strains)Exotic to Australia (white potato cyst nematode), or under management (golden potato…
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Leaf blight and shoot dieback on rhododendron caused by sudden oak death.Credit: Sabine Werres BBA, Braunschweig, Germany, PaDIL
Sudden oak death (airborne Phytophthora spp.)Exotic to AustraliaFeatures: A disease caused by airborne species of the fungus-like organism Phytophthora that…
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The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met on 19 and 20 March 2025 in Canberra. The meeting was co-chaired by Justine Saunders (Deputy Secretary, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) and Rachel Chay (Deputy Director General & Chief Biosecurity Officer,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 25 August 2021, high pressure systems and weak frontal activity across southern Australia resulted in little rainfall across much of the continent. Weak frontal systems brought rainfall to…
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September 23-29 2007Field Visit Report - Ginger Production and Processing in Fiji
Acknowledgement
Vinaka vaka levu to the Director of Quarantine and all staff for their time and effort in making…
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Report to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, The Hon. Tony Burke M.P. on the Implementation of the Callinan Inquiry (NO. 5, July 2010)
Background
I am pleased to present you…
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