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Piper aduncum
What to look for
A shrub or small tree that can grow to eight metres. The plant features erect branches with aromatic leaves that droop. Mature plants flower and fruit throughout the year: flowers are cream-coloured and develop opposite most leaves.
What you can do
Do not…
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Phytoplasmas
What to look for
Depending on the disease, look for:
fronds turning brown and hanging down the stem before falling
dry rot developing in the newly expanding spear
the premature dropping of fruit of all ages, ripe or otherwise
rotting and blackening of newly opened flowering…
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Caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (formerly known as citrus greening disease).
What to look for
Blotchy yellowing of citrus plant leaves and in some instances, misshapen, sour and bitter fruit.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material, fruit (especially citrus…
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What to look for
Fruit may look healthy, but could be rotten on the inside and full of maggots. Look for small spots on the skin of fruit surrounded by rot.
What you can do
Do not move fresh fruit south out of the Torres Strait Protected Zone to the Torres Strait Permanent Biosecurity…
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2 July 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Yacht operators and their agents.
What has changed?
The Port of Darwin is now a first point of entry for all classes of vessels, including non-commercial vessels.
The Port of Darwin Determination is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.…
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Authors: Niki Dufty, Shiji Zhao, Walter Shafron and Haydn Valle
Figure 1 Farm workers by type of employment and industry, 2015–16
average per farm
ABARES analysis of labour use in the dairy industry shows the industry has distinct labour force requirements and faces different…
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Author: Rupert Summerson
Didemnum vexillum from New Zealand.Photo courtesy of C. Woods, NIWA.Source: NIMPIS
OverviewCarpet sea squirt is a colonial ascidian that is thought to be native to Japan. It is a filter feeder that can overgrow everything and spread…
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