Monday, 3 May 2021

The Which Plant Where online plant selector tool is about to complete its beta version, which will enable users to select the best plants against a range of criteria with a long-term focus on climate suitability and sustainability.

This will be integral to future planning of urban green spaces, to ensure that plant types selected will survive in changing climatic conditions.

The project team are seeking select individuals to test and provide feedback on the beta version of the tool from 30 April to 15 May 2021. More

Friday, 23 April 2021

Hort Connections is back and registrations for the 2021 event are now open!

The event will run from Monday, 7 June to Wednesday, 9 June at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Queensland.

The conference will spotlight the important role that horticulture plays in human nutrition, health, and global food security for the horticulture industry. More

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Join us for a webinar to unveil the updated Nursery Industry Benchmarking Tool and provide a practical demonstration for interested growers.

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Date: Tuesday, 4 May

Time: 12:00pm – 12:30pm (AEST)

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Xylella fastidiosa is Australia’s number one national priority plant pest. It is a bacterial pathogen that can cause disease on many host plants, most notably Pierce’s disease on grapevine. It is known to infect hundreds of host plant species across nearly 100 families and is recognised as priority pests for a number of industries in Australia including production nurseries, cherries, citrus, tree nuts, summerfruit, viticulture and others. More

The ‘Building the resilience and on-farm biosecurity capacity of the Australian production nursery industry’ (NY15002) project concluded at the end of 2020.

Led by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF), this project worked to enhance biosecurity preparedness for Australia’s production nursery industry, by facilitating the development of online resources to assist growers in the management of common pests and diseases, and the delivery of face-to-face workshops and diagnostic capacity.

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First detected infesting Far North Queensland in February 2020 fall armyworm has now been found across several Australian states and territories including, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, cementing itself as a non-eradicable pest.

Affecting the leaves, stems, and fruits of plants, the fall armyworm reduces production outputs and Australian production nurseries overall financial return. Since 2020, the rapid rise in numbers has signified a major threat to existing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices adopted across the horticultural sector.

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