Metropolitan gardeners have been urged to maintain vigilance during winter and continue to look for and report two significant exotic plant pests that could devastate the State’s valuable agricultu
Mango malformation disease is a disease of mangoes, caused by several species of the fungus Fusarium (including Fusarium mangiferae), that can cause significant yield losses.
Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB, Euwallacea fornicatus) is a small beetle native to Southeast Asia that tunnels into the trunks, stems and branches of trees and plants.
Apiarists are being reminded of the importance of maintaining vital traceability records, as part of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD’s) Operation Flower Meado
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) is a sucking leafhopper known to be a vector to bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes various serious plant diseases.
