12 Oct Steam Sterilization Temperature Chart
This chart provides guidance to the correct temperature that needs to be achieved for sterilization of media and growing containers...
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05 Sep Webinar – Managing root rot pathogens in production nurseries
Presented by Dr Andrew Manners, Senior Entomologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, this is part of a series of webinars delivered as part of the Australian Nursery Levy funded research and development program Building the resilience and on-farm biosecurity capacity of the...
02 May Webinar – Phytotoxicity: How is it caused and how can it be managed [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/RmJoe9Bh9RI ...
04 Aug Tree ferns (Cyathea spp.): reproductive versus fungal spores
Tree ferns belonging to the genus Cyathea are very large ferns with tall trunks and they are native to eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. This fact sheet compares the reproductive spores of the plant with the fungal spores that cause the disease tar...
04 Aug Kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos spp.): Ink disease
Several foliar diseases of kangaroo paws are serious enough to make the plants unsellable, but the major foliar disease is ink disease or ink spot. Ink disease may be caused by Alternaria alternata which is a fungal pathogen that has been identified on kangaroo paws...
04 Aug Cylindrocladium Nursery Paper 2012
This nursery paper was prepared by Lindy Coates, Leif Forsberg and Tony Cooke (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Queensland) as part of levy funded project NY11001 Plant health, biosecurity, risk management and capacity building for the nursery industry. It provides an overview of...
04 Aug Baiting growing media and soil using Pocket Diagnostic test kits
The Pocket Diagnostic™ Test Kits are capable of detecting plant pathogens from plant material used as a bait in diluted growing media and soil using similar baiting processes to those required for laboratory based diagnoses....