Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity

University of Sydney PhD candidate Jessica King explains what farmers can do to minimise the spread of neosporosis when she presents her research findings at the Global Biosecurity Conference

Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the environment will give biosecurity experts the chance to share their knowledge to ensure we keep up-to-date with the world’s best biosecurity practices.

Global Biosecurity 2010 will provide an opportunity for a broad range of discussion regarding agricultural and environmental biosecurity, including the issue of household pets becoming pests.

The Global Biosecurity 2010 Conference provides many biosecurity experts the chance to present their research, including Dr Lapidge who will discuss techniques to predict and manage potential disease spread in feral pigs.

Eradicating harmful plant diseases from vineyards through drastic pruning techniques may minimise the economic and social impact of an incursion.

CRC researchers are using forensic methods to test overseas travellers’ hair, footwear and clothing for potentially harmful plant pathogens.

Hand-held technologies improve market access as they allow more efficient and accurate collection of surveillance data.

In a world where people, trade and goods are in constant transit – protecting Australia’s borders is vital to safeguarding the nation’s biosecurity.

The increasing number of infectious diseases emerging in wildlife could have dire consequences for the level of biodiversity in the environment and for human health.

Scientists are investigating how Australians can respond more quickly and strategically to biosecurity outbreaks.

A new laboratory focused on post-harvest biosecurity was officially opened at Murdoch University on Friday 27 November.

With harvest in full-swing across Australian grain-belts, biosecurity may not be the first topic that comes to mind out in the paddock.

CRC researchers are studying genetic codes to learn how insects like the lesser grain borer are developing resistance to the world’s most widely used grain fumigant – phosphine.

CRC researchers are analysing the genetic make-up of one of the world’s most devastating crop pests, the Russian wheat aphid.