Biosecurity is one of the cardinal domain of levy en masse R&D investment for the greenhouse industry because protecting industry plus from exotic , emergent and endemic pests and diseases is of utmost importance .

Currently , there are several nursery biosecurity project afoot . In this web log , we look at recent project update , resources and forthcoming events relevant to growers and stave .

National Nursery Industry Biosecurity Program ( NY15004)Nursery & Garden Industry Australia ( NGIA ) leads the ‘ National Nursery Industry Biosecurity Program ’ , which place to ensure product nurseries have efficient market access and are aware of , and prepared for , the penetration of alien flora plague .

A key stress of the projection is the on - farm biosecurity program , BioSecure HACCP . Just late , the program invite the tick of approving from the Queensland Department of Agriculture as an approved third party biosecurity system .

As part of the announcement , NGIA also became the first third political party biosecurity outline operator approve under the QLD Biosecurity Act 2014 – the first to receive this level of recognition in Australia . NGIA is now in the process of seeking the same grade of approval in New South Wales .

The industriousness works collaboratively with other commodities to advance ingestion of its high health and good practice programs . Recent quislingism let in the macadamia nut industry with NIASA , as well as integrating the avocado tree and banana broadcast into NIASA BMP and BioSecure HACCP .

In November , the NGIA biosecurity team will enter in a hypothetical incursion exercise for the exotic and dreaded plant plague , Xylella Fastidiosa , in Brisbane . Facilitated by Plant Health Australia and QDAF , it will bring together manufacture and government to fix for an effective emergency reception .

build the resiliency and on - farm biosecurity capacity of the Australian production nursery industry ( NY15002)The Queensland Department of Agriculture , in partnership with NGIA , leads the ‘ Building the resiliency and on - farm biosecurity capacity of the Australian production greenhouse industry ’ project .

This program oversees the development of industry ’s biosecurity resources , supports the on-line Pest Identification Tool and provides diagnostic designation services for output nurseries .

It also manages plague and disease workshops and webinars , with the next round to take place in WA and VIC during November 2018 . These peculiar workshops will focus on stair greenhouse managers can take to name unknown or strange plant life health problem in their production nursery .

As part of the broader biosecurity program , growers can send in problematic plant samples for expert analytic thinking , as well as access a telephone number of utile resourcefulness including pest management plan , fact sheets and contingency design ( seewww.nurseryproductionfms.com.au ) .

Improving pest management for the nursery diligence ( 17009)Managed by NGIA , the newly contracted program ‘ Improving pest direction for the glasshouse industry ’ aims to improve and inform pest management and equip production nurseries with the latest advice on craw protection .

Over the next few years , it will centre on fundamental areas of flora protection including chemical substance access , integrated crop monitoring and IPM , as well as undertake trials and develop an economic toll - benefit depth psychology about pest management for raiser .

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