NGI Updates

New Pesticide Minor Use Permits – May 2022

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Tuesday, 25 May 2022

Six Minor Use Permits (New Applications) have been approved by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for the nursery industry within the last month. Minor Use Permit numbers PER91921, PER91923, PER91928, PER91929, PER91941 and PER91944 are now available as described below.

Through the ‘National Biosecurity and Sustainable Plant Production Program’ (NY20001), levy funds and additional contributions from the Australian Government were used to apply for the six new Minor Use Permits (MUPs).

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May Pest of the Month: Broad mite

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Broad mite is a pest of a wide range of plant species that can cause severe damage to growing tips and expanding leaves. Plants can become grossly deformed rapidly causing them to become unsalable. Broad mites are extraordinarily small and can not be seen without significant magnification; hand lenses may not be sufficient to detect broad mites. As such, the first indication that the mites are infesting a crop can be the observation of unusual growth.

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New Minor Use Permits – April 2022

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Friday, 29 April 2022

One Minor Use Permit (New Application) has been approved by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority for the nursery industry within the last month. Minor Use Permit number PER91805 is now available for the management of selected insects within the Orders; Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, and Thysanoptera respectively on nursery stock, cut flowers and ornamental plants.

Through the ‘National Biosecurity and Sustainable Plant Production Program’ (NY20001), levy funds and additional contributions from the Australian Government were used to apply for the new Minor Use Permit (MUP). More

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NY20000 UPDATE: New factsheet available

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The levy funded ‘Resourcing, supporting, and assessing biosecurity in nursery production’ (NY20000) project has just released five new factsheets.

The factsheets aim to provide information to support production nurseries reduce the risk of infestations and crop losses associated with pests and diseases, mitigating financial and productivity losses.

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