Author: Kym McIntyre
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Good travel hygiene can reduce exotic grain pest threats
Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains biosecurity officer, 2022-12-08T09:00:00+11:00Visiting rural properties or grain industry sites could increase the risk of an exotic disease or pest entering and becoming established in Australia. International travellers arriving in Australia can significantly reduce the risk they pose by taking some basic precautions.
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Protect your farm from hitchhiker pests
Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains farm biosecurity officer, 2022-09-04T10:30:00+10:00The Australian federal government (through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) places strict requirements on importers to reduce the risk of hitchhiker pests, such as khapra beetle, entering Australia. Yet all parts of the supply chain – including growers – have an important role to play
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Heightened alert for khapra beetle
Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains farm biosecurity officer, 2022-09-03T10:15:00+10:00An increase in detections of khapra beetle on non-commodity imports and sea containers has resulted in the federal government implementing a range of biosecurity procedures aimed at addressing risks
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Prevention is better than cure
Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries grains biosecurity officer, 2021-10-18T09:00:00+11:00Early detection and prevention are key components of a biosecurity plan that is designed to reduce the likelihood and impact of devastating pests, diseases and weeds entering farms. The Invasive Plants and Animals Policy Framework identifies the four key aspects of the Victorian Government’s overall approach to managing the different stages of an invasive species.
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Eradication of red witchweed on track
Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland grains biosecurity officer, 2021-09-05T09:00:00+10:00Early detection, a comprehensive surveillance and eradication program, and willingness to experiment with new technologies means the red witchweed eradication program is on track to eradicate this invasive plant from the only known infestation in Australia, near Mackay in Queensland.
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Exotic pest a ‘miner’ issue for the grains industry?
Author: Kym McIntyre, Bill Gordon, Grains Farm Biosecurity Officers, 2021-07-25T09:00:00+10:00Serpentine leafminers are a serious threat to crops that rely on the visual appearance of their foliage for market acceptance and can significantly impact yields for crops like potatoes, but are they a threat to grain crops?
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Crop disease surveillance continues despite COVID-19
Author: Kym McIntyre, Queensland Grains Biosecurity Officer, 2020-11-21T00:00:00+11:00Large numbers of Queensland crops were surveyed and diseases processed in 2019-20, despite travel restrictions caused by the global pandemic. The 2019-20 survey included wheat, barley, mungbeans, sorghum, soybeans and peanuts and identified the presence and distribution of several important established diseases.
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Researchers discover hidden diversity of downy mildews
Author: Kym McIntyre, 2020-06-22T00:00:00+10:00Downy mildews can cause devastating sorghum and maize diseases and exotic mildew pathogens pose a threat to the Australian summer grains industry. Two species – sorghum downy mildew and Philippine downy mildew of maize – are classified as high-priority exotic plant pests, while other exotic downy mildew pathogens also pose threats to summer grains.
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Overseas cereal rusts pose ongoing risks for national grains industry
Author: Kym McIntyre, 2020-02-12T00:00:00+11:00New cereal rusts from overseas could cost Australian growers hundreds of millions of dollars.