Have you ever wondered how trading partners’ exposure risk to new pests or diseases impacts Australia’s biosecurity system? How to develop a strong and efficient biosecurity system while allowing f...

Quantitative biosecurity risk assessment usually relies on the estimation of consequences from pest and disease incursions. Damages to assets from pests, diseases and other hazards are routinely es...

The Huanglongbing (HLB / Citrus greening) disease is associated with three species of phloem restricted bacteria recognized as members of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’, namely ‘asiaticus’ (CLas), ‘amer...

Slide of the Euphresco project 2016-A-232 'Comparison of real-time PCR detection methods for the plant pathogen ‘Candidatus Liberibacter' spp. causing the Huanglongbing disease on Citrus spp.'

Pierces disease is a major threat to grapevines caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Although devoid of a type 3 secretion system commonly employed by bacterial pathogens to deliver effector...

Success story of the Euphresco project 'Diagnostic methods for Synchytrium endobioticum, especially for pathotype identification (SENDO)'

Success story of the Euphresco project 2017-F-234 ‘Set-up of reliable protocols for the detection and identification of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium' (DIPCAPP)’

Xylella fastidiosa is a plant-pathogenic bacterium that causes serious diseases in many crops of economic importance and is a quarantine organism in the European Union. This study reports a de novo...

The 12th of May is the UN International Day of Plant Health, an opportunity to raise awareness on the importance of plant health in our daily lives. Many celebrations occur every year all over the ...

Slide of the Euphresco project 2016-G-223 'Lecanosticta - Brown spot disease of pines- spread in European forest ecosystems: impact on pines, predisposing and contributing factors, control (BROWNSP...