Completed project
Improving on-farm surveillance strategies for tospoviruses and thrips to enhance the biosecurity of the nursery industry (NY19007)
Publication date: July 28, 2020
Delivery Partner: The Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions and University of Queensland
This investment developed accurate surveillance tools and strategies for the detection of tospoviruses and thrips, enabling rapid responses and reducing impacts in nursery production.
Once these tools were delivered to industry, the investment also facilitated the adoption of best management practices by assessing how project outcomes and practices could be incorporated into existing nursery industry management and biosecurity systems such as Biosecure HACCP.
Specifically, the project:
This information was used to support nursery industry biosecurity more broadly, by informing surveillance strategies and management practices.
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Nursery Fund
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