The November 2017 HIN event, attended by 17 industry organisations, focussed on bio-sciences research at Agribio, Bundoora, networking with the Australasian Plant Pathology Society Victorian branch (APPS) and biosecurity at the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) at Tullamarine airport.
Presenters – details & topics
| Presenters | Organisations | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Belinda Griffiths, Fiona Constable | Agriculture Victoria | Agribio Overview |
Con Skyllas, Ayfer Kocak | Agriculture Victoria | Sample reception/ Post mortem room |
| Fiona Constable | Agriculture Victoria | Biosecurity/Microbiology |
| Oscar Villata, John Weiss | Agriculture Victoria | Plant Pathology/PCN |
| Mallik Malipatil, Linda Semeraro | Agriculture Victoria | Reference Collections |
| Paul Cunningham, Kevin Farrier, Mark Blacket, Mofakhar Hossain | Agriculture Victoria | Invertebrate Science |
| Candace Elliot | Australasian Plant Pathology Society Vic branch (APPS VIC) | Overview of APPS |
| Liz Morse-McNabb | Agriculture Victoria | Mapping for biosecurity |
| Lucy Merritt | Agriculture Victoria | Biosecurity & market access |
| Andrew Tomkins | Department of Agriculture and Water Resources | Overview – DAWR Tullamarine |
| Adam Broadley | Department of Agriculture and Water Resources | Brown Marmorated Stink Bug |
| Adrian Dinsdale | Department of Agriculture and Water Resources | Pierce’s disease |
| Crazy ants | ||
Industry feedback
“Diagnostic capabilities at AgriBio & opportunity for future industry research and to work with universities and students were great to see”
“R&D projects relevant to some pests of concern in our industry”
“Networking with Plant Pathology Society opened new opportunities”
“Mapping-spatial data to expand our export registration system to incorporate this service”
“More information about market access and how it works – intricacies, data collection as Industry starting to look more at export”
Industry possible next steps
“Organise a quote to finger print specific fungal diseases”
“Elephant weevil is a problem in blueberries, citrus & grapes. The facilities they had at AgriBio for developing pheromones would be excellent to collaborate with in this program - will contact AgriBio and talk about a joint project”
“Will be able to inform who/where to go for diagnostics”
“Contact Liz to send mapping info on my crop/industry”
“Knowing what is available to assist in preparing for market access/being able to pinpoint outbreaks”