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Establishing pest detection systems in South Pacific countries and Australia
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Wardlaw, T and Lawson, S and Wylie, R and Griffiths, M and King, J and Bashford, D and Lal, S and Tumukon, T, Establishing pest detection systems in South Pacific countries and Australia, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, FR2012-09 (2012) [Contract Report]
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Abstract
"Establishing Forest Pest Detection Systems in South Pacific Countries and Australia"
(FST/2004/053), took the key findings from a previous ACIAR project (FST/2001/045:
"Development of Forest Health Surveillance Systems for South Pacific Countries and
Australia") and introduced methods to strengthen capacity to detect exotic forest pests,
particularly in the vicinity of ports and other high-risk sites. Importantly this project involved
the forestry agencies collaborating with the quarantine agencies of the two participating
Pacific island countries – Fiji and Vanuatu. Preparatory research done in Australia
developed a combination of insect traps and lures that was effective in attracting all of the
key groups of wood-boring insects. Staff from the forest health units (created in the first
project) and quarantine agencies were trained in the use of static traps and, with the
assistance of the Australian participants, developed a plan for the regular survey of
selected sites using static traps supplied through the project. The project also aimed to
increase the capacity of the participating countries to screen the collections of woodboring
insects captured during static trap surveys to identify potential new exotic species.
This involved strengthening existing insect reference collections or developing new
collections of named species of wood-boring insects already present in the countries.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Contract Report |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | biosecurity, forest health, surveillance, Pacific Islands, Australia |
| Research Division: | Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
| Research Group: | Forestry Sciences |
| Research Field: | Forestry Pests, Health and Diseases |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Forestry |
| Objective Field: | Forestry not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Wardlaw, T (Dr Timothy Wardlaw) |
| ID Code: | 122708 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Biological Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2017-11-23 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-12-04 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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