3151) Food Safety Animal and Plant Health Portal launched

FAO today launched the International Portal for Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (IPFSAPH) at a Regional Conference on Food …

3152) Detection of Marchalina hellenica in Victoria and South Australia

This is the first report of Marchalina hellenica in Australia. Preliminary evidence indicates that the pest is restricted in its …

3153) Marchalina hellenica in Victoria

Marchalina hellenica is a sap-feeding insect. It produces large amounts of honeydew on which sooty moulds develop. Marchalina hellenica can …

3154) Australian Biosecurity Act 2015

The Biosecurity Bill 2014 and supporting legislation received royal assent from the Governor-General on 16 June 2015 and has now …

3155) Interception of Angelonia flower break virus (AnFBV) in New South Wales

AnFBV was discovered on aysmptomatic verbena plant material derived from imported tissue culture using a new diagnostic test in December …

3156) Detection of Dracaena mottle badnavirus in Australia

Draceana mottle badnavirus was first detected in June 2008 from samples in imported adult Dracaena plants (both symptomless and symptomatic) …

3157) Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus on tomato plants

Reduced internodes --> stunted appearance of the plant ; new leaves reduced in size and yellowed between the veins ; …

3158) Absence of whitefly biotype Q in Queensland and New South Wales

There was an error in the technical process.

3159) Detection of Phyllosticta cavendishii in Northern Territory

Freckle disease is an economically important disease of banana in many countries. The pathogen causes freckle spots on infested leaves …

3160) Detection of Striga asiatica near Mackay, mid east coast, Queensland

Symptoms in host plants include stunting, chlorosis, and wilting. Seedlings are not visible above ground, but white succulent shoots can …