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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 8
Host: Steve Peios
Guest: Dr Adrian Dinsdale
Dr Adrian Dinsdale, Assistant Director at the Plant Innovation Centre (PIC) at Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ), explains how game-changing technological advancements such as the…
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Statement by Secretary and Director of Biosecurity Andrew Metcalfe AO, to Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for its inquiry into the Adequacy of Australia’s biosecurity measures and response preparedness, in particular with respect to foot-and-mouth disease and…
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PLANT PEST
Potato tubers infected with Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Image: Joseph E Munyaneza, USDA-ARS)
The tomato-potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) is the insect needed to spread the bacterial infection causing Zebra chip. The tomato-potato psyllid (but not the bacterial…
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