Dec 15, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
The olive industry is moving forward successfully with the adoption of IPDM (integrated pest and disease management) practices, and chemicals still play an important role for many growers, particularly in terms of early and spot spraying to control insect pests and...
Nov 9, 2020 | Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
A $15 million project led by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) aims to boost national capacity for the early and accurate detection of exotic plant pests. GRDC Senior Manager Biosecurity and Regulation Ken Young said the innovative project will...
Oct 13, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
A creative and innovative new project is getting young people involved in Australian biosecurity, deputising them as Pest Warriors on the search for “bad guy bugs” which may find their way into the country. An initiative of the Urban Plant Health Network, the Pest...
Sep 15, 2020 | Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
Pest and disease experts Dr Robert Spooner-Hart and Len Tesoriero have travelled the country over the past two years as part of the olive R&D project An integrated pest and disease management extension program for the olive industry (OL17001). The objective of...
Aug 12, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
In a positive move for the future of plant health research in Australia, funding for the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) has been renewed. In mid-July the PBRI members signed a collaboration agreement for a further three years to co-ordinate and support...
Aug 12, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
The National Plant Biosecurity Status Report for 2019 has just been released by Plant Health Australia (PHA) and is now available online. Bringing together contributions from over 100 government, industry and research organisations, PHA publishes the report annually...
