GRDC’s Groundcover “High-tech sentinels advance national crop pest management effort”

On the outskirts of suburban Adelaide, the whirr, hum, buzz and purr from a troupe of novel, high-tech machines speak […]

New pest & disease surveillance tech to launch

The national multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative  iMapPESTS is launching a trial of its airborne surveillance and diagnostics technologies in North […]

AUSVEG’s Vegetables Australia “Mobile plant pest surveillance unveiled”

While the country has been practising social distancing and adhering torestrictions of lockdown, airborne plant pests and pathogens don’t stop […]

Aiming for the sky: surveillance project in full swing

A national, cross-industry plant pest surveillance program is well underway, with a prototype of a mobile surveillance unit currently under […]

Coordinated biosecurity approaches target in-season pest management

A major cross-industry project is tackling damaging crop pests with a coordinated national approach involving surveillance, diagnostics, forecasting, and engagement…