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Published - 20 August 2020
By Alex Lucchetti (Plant Health Australia)
Webinar 7: Living with Armillaria – a botanic gardens perspective

In a recent webinar, Phil Hurle, Horticultural Manager with the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) shared the gardens’ experience managing Armillaria luteobubalina (Australian honey fungus).
“We’re …
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Botanic gardens stories, Pests, diseases & weeds, Webinars

Published - 12 August 2020
By Alex Lucchetti (Plant Health Australia)
Webinar 6: Watch out for environmental pests

Environmental biosecurity was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by the Peri-Urban Environmental Biosecurity Network (PEBN) for the botanic gardens biosecurity webinar series.
Elyse Herrald-Woods, …
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Pests, diseases & weeds, Surveillance & reporting, Webinars

Published - 21 July 2020
By Alex Lucchetti (Plant Health Australia)
Webinar 5: Biosecurity surveillance and partnerships at Melbourne Gardens

Melbourne Gardens, one of two sites of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, contains around 8000 plant taxa originating from 98% of the world’s countries.
Safeguarding these …
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Botanic gardens stories, Pests, diseases & weeds, Surveillance & reporting, Webinars

Published - 17 July 2020
By John McDonald (National Biosecurity Manager, Greenlife Industry Australia)
BioSecure HACCP: a biosecurity program for nurseries

Sustainable plant production requires the implementation of a sound and rigorous plant protection and biosecurity system to ensure the risks associated with endemic and introduced …
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Tools & tips

Published - 8 July 2020
By Alex Lucchetti (Plant Health Australia)
Webinar 4: Looking out for pests in an urban garden

The latest webinar in the botanic gardens biosecurity webinar series was hosted by the Urban Plant Health Network (UPHN). 
Like the Botanic Gardens Biosecurity Network, the UPHN is an online community …
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Pests, diseases & weeds, Surveillance & reporting, Webinars

Published - 25 June 2020
By Alex Lucchetti (Plant Health Australia)
Webinar 3: Biosecurity in the botanic gardens of Sydney

In his recent webinar, Dr Brett Summerell, Director of Research and Chief Botanist at the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands, spoke about biosecurity in the botanic gardens of Sydney: the Royal …
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Botanic gardens stories, Pests, diseases & weeds, Webinars