All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  Microwave technology trialled to eradicate significant weeds

  Western Australian researchers are using microwave technology attached to an unmanned rover to control gorse seed banks and bulbs, as part of...

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  Diagnose plant diseases quicker and more accurately

  Victoria’s ability to protect its $2.3 billion horticulture industry against devastating bacterial plant diseases is now even more robust thanks to Agriculture...

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  Resistance to major fungal disease in oilseed crops

  In a world first, researchers from The University of Western Australia in collaboration with Punjab Agricultural University in India have found the...

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  Eradicating exotic pests with ‘infertility genes’ may be possible

  University of Adelaide researchers have shown that it may be possible to eradicate populations of invasive pest animals through the inheritance of...

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  Keeping pests at bay the hi-tech way

  With pest animals estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $1 billion a year, CSIRO scientists have developed a humane new...

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  Congratulations to Isabel for completing her PhD!

  Congratulations to Isabel Arevalo-Vigne for the successful completion and acceptance of her PhD thesis with the University of Western Australia.

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  Supporting prawn and fish farming

  James Cook University researchers are offering a much-needed additional disease testing service to protect Northern Australia’s growing aquaculture industry.

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  The tiny discovery with big biosecurity benefits

  Plant Biosecurity CRC researchers based at Agriculture Victoria’s AgriBio, Centre for AgriBiosciences, have discovered a new bacterium, a novel candidate species of...

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  Landholders are our frontline

  Landholders and volunteers hold the key to controlling invasive species across Australia, but often government arrangements hamper their efforts. That’s the message...

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  Register now for WA’s second Pantry Blitz, during Science Week

  The WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has received a National Science Week Grant to support a second Pantry Blitz...