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A one day workshop on morphological and molecular identification for mite parasites of honey bees – Varroa, Tropilaelaps and Acarapis woodi (tracheal mite) will be held in Canberra at CSIRO Black Mountain, Monday 29th May 2017. Members of the NPBDN are encouraged to attend. If you are interested …

A time-lapse polarized imaging system may help citrus growers detect greening before the plant’s leaves show symptoms, which should help growers as they try to fend off the deadly disease, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study shows. Find out …

The assessment of applications for the 2016-17 round of Laboratory Residentials has been completed and brief descriptions of the successful projects can be found here. Professional development updates will be provided as opportunities arise. We strongly encourage you to inform the SPHD secretariat if you come …

The 2017 Annual Diagnosticians’ Workshop is fast approaching and SPHD are working with the Modern Diagnostics initiative to host another fruitful training workshop and networking opportunity. Expressions of interest will be open to all NPBDN members early in 2017, please watch this space for more …

An interactive key and information system for all described Australian freshwater molluscs has just gone live at Lucidcentral.org

A joint meeting of the Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics and the Subcommittee on National Plant Health Surveillance was held by the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre in Canberra from 11-13 October 2016. A communiqué from the SPHD meeting can be accessed here.  

The Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics (SPHD) is pleased to announce the 2016-17 round of Laboratory Residentials is now open for expressions of interest. For more information please follow this link.