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Topic: Agriculture Victoria

iMapPest surveillance set up in a paddock with grapevines is an example of emerging technologies

Published - 9 June 2022
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 18: Improving surveillance with emerging technologies with Tim Hurst

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 18: Improving surveillance with emerging technologies with Tim Hurst

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Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, exotic, surveillance

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Queensland fruit fly on a green leaf

Published - 12 April 2022
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 16: The community approach to managing Queensland Fruit Fly with Bronwyn Koll

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
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Agriculture Victoria, community, fruit, pests, podcasts, vegetables

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Bee Biosecurity Officer Ally Driessen showing the sugar shake test for honey bees at a port in Melbourne

Published - 4 March 2022
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 15: Are you a honey bee pest warrior? with Ally Driessen

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 15: Are you a honey bee pest warrior? with …
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Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, good bugs, podcasts

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Pest Warrior submits a report on his phone

Published - 22 February 2022
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

What is the best way to report a suspect pest?

So, you find something in your garden that you haven’t seen before. Maybe you have heard us talk about exotic pests and the importance of …
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, biosecurity, community, exotic, plant health, surveillance

Protect your patch, What bug is that?, Where to go for help

Grapes in a vineyard

Published - 15 November 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 14: Australia’s number one priority plant pest with Craig Elliott

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, exotic, Hort Innovation, podcasts, Wine Australia

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Packages delivered from online shopping and left by a front door

Published - 3 November 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Keep an eye out for hitchhiker pests in your online shopping

Are you spending your days doing online shopping as we edge closer to Christmas? Do you have family overseas who are sending presents to your …
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Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, community, exotic, pests

Protect your patch

Brown marmorated stink bug on a leaf

Published - 9 July 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 12: Check your deliveries for this stinky hitchhiker with Antonette Walford

Cover image: Adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bug – Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, pests, podcasts

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Children with magnifying glass in the grass

Published - 17 April 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 10: Working together to enhance our biosecurity with Tim Hurst

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
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Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, podcasts, surveillance

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Bee on a flower

Published - 25 March 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 8: Keeping your backyard bees healthy with Cynthia Kefaloukos

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 8: Keeping your backyard bees healthy with Cynthia Kefaloukos

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Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, podcasts

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Stick trap in a tomato garden

Published - 16 March 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Melbourne gardeners join the psyllid hunt

This Easter, gardeners around Melbourne are setting traps in their veggie patches and citrus trees to help Agriculture Victoria researchers search for exotic psyllids. Recently we …
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Agriculture Victoria, Citrus Australia, pests, surveillance

Protect your patch, What bug is that?

3 images of fruit fly and maggots in a tomato

Published - 26 February 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Act fast to manage that nasty Queensland Fruit Fly in your garden

Queensland fruit fly (QFF) (Bactrocera tryoni) is a significant pest which can infest many different types of fruit and fruiting vegetables, making them inedible. It …
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, fruit

Gardening tips, Protect your patch

Portrait of Dr Rosa Crnov

Published - 14 January 2021
By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 5: The role of the Victorian Chief Plant Health Officer with Dr. Rosa Crnov

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, biosecurity, exotic

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