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Strong biosecurity underpins grain industry profitability
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-14T09:00:00+10:00The September 2022 issue of the GroundCover Supplement focused on plant biosecurity.
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Protect your farm from hitchhiker pests
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 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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On the biosecurity front line
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T10:10:00+10:00Grains biosecurity officers are at the forefront of protecting Australia’s $18 billion grains industry by helping growers manage biosecurity risks at a farm and industry level
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Multi-crop pests tackled on a coordinated front
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:55:00+10:00Through better targeting and coordination of research priorities, members of the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative ensure investment in biosecurity RD&E is efficiently applied against pests that damage multiple crops, such as the fall armyworm, khapra and the brown marmorated stink bug
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Hygiene and zoning stop pest spread
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:50:00+10:00Help is available to develop a farm biosecurity plan and to apply simple biosecurity practices that reduce the spread of pests and diseases
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Where to now for wheat blast disease?
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:45:00+10:00Wheat blast is a devastating disease with limited control options and, while the disease is not found in Australia, it presents a global risk to wheat production and is spreading around the world
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Three risk keys: research, resistance, reporting
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:30:00+10:00Almost if not all Australian wheat and barley cultivars have at least some resistance to each of the three rust diseases. This resistance saves the wheat and barley industries an estimated $1.1 billion per year
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Fall armyworm steps and lessons
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:15:00+10:00Fall armyworm is a highly invasive pest native to the Americas. It was first detected in Africa in 2016 and has subsequently expanded its distribution throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with the first detections reported in tropical regions of northern Australia in early 2020
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Emergency-use chemicals
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:10:00+10:00GRDC has multiple investments to improve exotic plant pest incursion preparedness. One key focus is obtaining emergency and minor-use permits of chemicals that might be needed to control future incursions
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What happens in a pest incursion?
Supplement: Biosecurity - A Shared Responsibility, September-October 2022 - 2022-09-04T09:05:00+10:00The detection of emergency plant pests triggers a well-defined response