Grey mould has a distinctive appearance that can potentially be identified with a microscope or even a good hand lens. It can grow on dead and decaying tissue and may cause a variety of symptoms including leaf and flower blights, spots, blotches, wilts, cankers, rots, damping off and storage diseases.
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).
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.
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
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.
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Join us for a webinar to learn about the many practices that assist in the production of healthy crops, including how to manage propagative material and early detection of plant health problems.
Key Details:
Date: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Time: 10am-11am AEST (Brisbane time)
Register here.
