3951) Detection of Garlic allexiviruses in Western Australia

Garlic allexiviruses was detected in August 2011. It is likely to be widely distributed as plants are vegetatively propagated. Viruses …

3952) New hosts for Phoma herbarum in Western Australia

This is the first report of P. herbarum on Pisum sativum and Bituminaria bituminosa in Australia. Phoma herbarum has been …

3953) Eradication of cocoa pod borer from Australia

Cocoa pod borer was detected in Far North Queensland in 2011. Following a successful eradication program, the pest is no …

3954) Detection of Rice blast (caused by Magnaporthe grisea) in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) of Western Australia

A delimiting survey in Western Australia has determined that rice blast is only present in the isolated ORIA. Quarantine measures …

3955) Solenopsis mealybug in parts of central and northern Queensland

Solenopsis mealybug was detected in cotton crops and ornamental plants in a number of locations in Queensland. Due to the …

3956) Detection of Takecallis arundinariae in Australia

Other known hosts: On undersides of mature leaves of bamboos (especially Arundinaria, and Phyllostachys, but sometimes also on Nandina, Bambusa …

3957) Mango Leaf Gall Midge (MLGM)

MLGM has been confirmed in wild mango trees on the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. …

3958) Detection of tomato torrado virus in South Australia

In South Australia, the virus causes leaf mottling, yellow spotting followed by necrosis at the base of leaflets. In some …

3959) Absence of Ditylenchus destructor in Australia

Previous records that reported the presence of Ditylenchus destructor in Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western …

3960) Eradication of grapevine leaf rust (GVLR) from Australia

Grapevine leaf rust was detected in Australia for the first time in backyard vines in Darwin in the Northern Territory …