Biosecurity Research Articles
Submissions from 2024
Burial and subsequent growth of rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) and ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus) following strategic deep tillage, Catherine Borger, George Mwenda, Sarah Collins, Stephen Davies, Arslan Peerzada Dr, and Andrew Van Burgel
Genetic diversity of soybean dwarf virus in two regions of mainland Australia, Benjamin S. Congdon, Murray Sharman, and Monica Kehoe
Australian cool-season pulse seed-borne virus research: 1. alfalfa and cucumber mosaic viruses and less important viruses, Roger A C Jones and Benjamin S. Congdon
Postharvest blown-arc plasma treatment did not reduce Fusarium graminearum or its mycotoxins in field-infested wheat grain, Maninder Kaur, M Kowalczyk, Daniel Huberli, and Kirsty L. Bayliss
An assessment of dingo ancestry in camp dogs in Western Australia, Tracey L. Kreplins, Danielle Stephens, N Laing, and C Oskam
An annotated checklist with a key to the genera of Australian psyllids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), Francesco Martoni, Justin S. Bartlett, Melinda L. Moir, Martin J. Steinbauer, and Gary S. Taylor
Modelling aphid movement in Australian canola fields, Alex Slavenko, Marielle Babineau, Anthony R. van Rooyen, Benjamin S. Congdon, Paul A. Umina, and Samantha E. Ward
Submissions from 2023
Turnip yellows virus variants differ in host range, transmissibility, and virulence, Benjamin S. Congdon, Jonathan R. Baulch, F F. Filardo, and N Nancarrow
Vector species, pasture legume host range, and impact on grain legumes of an Australian soybean dwarf virus isolate, Benjamin S. Congdon, Jono R. Baulch, and Kevin J. Foster
Economic impact of polyphagous shot hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Western Australia, David C. Cook and Sonya Broughton
Cost effectiveness of spread mitigation strategies for polyphagous shot hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), David C. Cook, Peter S. Gardiner, and Sonya Broughton
Knowledge and values drive acceptability of lethal control of kangaroos among the Australian public, Stuart Dawson, Courtenay Dawson, Malcolm S. Kennedy, Tracey L. Kreplins, John D. Linnell, and Patricia A. Fleming
Land use and dingo baiting are correlated with the density of kangaroos in rangeland systems, Stuart J. Dawson, Tracey L. Kreplins, Malcolm S. Kennedy, Juanita Renwick, Mark A. Cowan, and Patricia A. Fleming
P450-mediated resistance in Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) reduces the efficacy of neonicotinoid seed treatments in Brassica napus, Lisa S. Kirkland, Evatt Chirgwin, Samantha E. Ward, Benjamin S. Congdon, Anthony van Rooyen, and Paul Umina
Chicken’s best friend? Livestock guardian dog bonding with free-ranging chickens, Richard A. McKellar, Tracey L. Kreplins, and Patricia A. Fleming
Stable dingo population structure and purity over 11 years of lethal management, Danielle Stephens, Malcolm S. Kennedy, and Tracey L. Kreplins
An international wheat diversity panel reveals novel sources of genetic resistance to tan spot in Australia, Julian Taylor, Dorthe Jorgensen, Caroline S. Moffat, Ken J. Chalmers, Rebecca Fox, Grant J. Hollaway, Melissa J. Cook, Stephen M. Neate, Pao Theen See, and Manisha Shankar
Submissions from 2022
Australian Cleotychini planthoppers: review of the genus Cleotyche Emeljanov, 1997 with three new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae), Jérôme Constant, Linda Semeraro, and Melinda L. Moir
Distinctive diets of eutherian predators in Australia, Patricia A. Fleming, Alyson M. Stobo-Wilson, Heather M. Crawford, Stuart J. Dawson, Chris R. Dickman, Tim S. Doherty, Peter J S Fleming, Thomas M. Newsome, Russell Palmer, Jim A. Thompson, and John C Z Woinarski
Biological control potential of Trichoderma species and bacterial antagonists against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on canola in Western Australia, Baiq N. Hidayah, Ravjit Khangura, and Bernard Dell
Book review of Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests, Melinda L. Moir
Revision of the lacebug tribe Ceratocaderini (Hemiptera: Tingidae), Melinda L. Moir
Value-adding in biosecurity surveillance and monitoring: Testing colour and non-target semiochemical lures on Psylloidea and Pentatomoidea, Melinda L. Moir, Louise Croeser, Don Telfer, Christopher Fenner, and Rosalie McCauley
Livestock guardian dog protection of free-range poultry from the red fox, S Roddick, Tracey L. Kreplins, H T. Kobryn, and Patricia A. Fleming
Submissions from 2021
Novel sources of Turnip Yellows Virus resistance in brassica and impacts of temperature on their durability, Benjamin S. Congdon, Jonathan R. Baulch, and Brenda A. Coutts
In-field capable loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae using a rapid and simple crude extraction technique, Benjamin S. Congdon, Cindy G. Webster, Dusty Severtson, and Helen Spafford
Benefit-cost analysis of skeleton weed (Chondrilla juncea) management in Western Australia, David C. Cook
What will fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) cost Western Australian agriculture?, David C. Cook, Peter S. Gardiner, and Helen Spafford
Genetic diversity and recombination between turnip yellows virus strains in Australia, Fiona F. Filardo, Narelle Nancarrow, Monica Kehoe, Alistair R. McTaggart, Benjamin S. Congdon, Safaa Kumari, Mohammad Aftab, Piotr Trebicki, Brendan Rodoni, John Thomas, and Murray Sharman
Virus diseases of cereal and oilseed crops in Australia: current position and future challenges, Roger Jones, Murray Sharman, Piotr Trebicki, Solomon Maina, and Benjamin S. Congdon
Responses of dingo (Canis familiaris) populations to landscape-scale baiting, M S. Kennedy, Tracey L. Kreplins, R A. O'Leary, and Patricia A. Fleming
Foliar fungicides and their optimum timing reduce sclerotinia stem rot incidence, improve yield and profitability in canola (Brassica napus L.), Ravjit Khangura and Andrew van Burgel
A self-training device to teach conservation-working dogs to avoid poison baits, Tracey L. Kreplins, Peter Adams, P W. Bateman, S J. Dundas, M S. Kennedy, and Patricia A. Fleming
Fighting like cats and dogs? Dingoes do not constrain spatial and temporal movements of feral cats, Tracey L. Kreplins, M S. Kennedy, R A. O'Leary, Peter Adams, S J. Dundas, and Patricia A. Fleming
Are canid pest ejectors an effective control tool for wild dogs in an arid rangeland environment?, Tracey L. Kreplins, James Miller, and M S. Kennedy
Biology and genetic diversity of phasey bean mild yellows virus, a common virus in legumes in Australia, Murray Sharman, Andrew S. Appiah, Fiona F. Filardo, Narelle Nancarrow, Benjamin S. Congdon, Monica Kehoe, Mohammad Aftab, Robert S. Tegg, and Calum R. Wilson
Virulence assessment of Australian Pyrenophora tritici-repentis isolates, Pao Theen See, Kefei Chen, Kalai A. Marathamuthu, Nikki Schultz, Manisha Shankar, and Caroline S. Moffat
Submissions from 2020
Impact of Turnip yellows virus infection on seed yield of an open-pollinated and hybrid canola cultivar when inoculated at different growth stages, Benjamin S. Congdon, Jonathan R. Baulch, and Brenda A. Coutts
Cold plasma: exploring a new option for management of postharvest fungal pathogens, mycotoxins and insect pests in Australian stored cereal grain, M Kaur, Daniel Huberli, and Kirsty L. Bayliss
Parallel evolution of multiple mechanisms for demethylase inhibitor fungicide resistance in the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. sp. maculata, Wesley J. Mair, Geoff J. Thomas, Kejal Dodhia, Andrea Hills, Kithsiri W. Jayasena, Simon R. Ellwood, Richard P. Oliver, and Francisco J. Lopez-Ruiz
A novel modelling framework to explicitly simulate predator interaction with poison baits, C Pacioni, D SL Ramsey, Nathan H. Schumaker, Tracey L. Kreplins, and Malcolm S. Kennedy
Submissions from 2019
In-field capable loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection of Turnip yellows virus in plants and its principal aphid vector Myzus persicae, Benjamin S. Congdon, Monica Kehoe, F F. Filardo, and Brenda A. Coutts
Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification in an early warning system for epidemics of an externally sourced plant virus, Benjamin S. Congdon, Paul Matson, Farhana Begum, Monica Kehoe, and Brenda A. Coutts
Neoascochyta species cause leaf scorch on wheat in Australia, Hossein Golzar, Geoff J. Thomas, Kithsiri Jayasena, Dominie Wright, Cuiping Wang, and Monica Kehoe
Plant Pest Impact Metric System (PPIMS): Framework and guidelines for a common set of metrics to classify and prioritise plant pests, Kylie B. Ireland, Rieks van Klinken, David C. Cook, David Logan, Lisa Jamieson, Joy L. Tyson, Philip E. Hulme, Susan Worner, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, John D. Fletcher, Brendan Rodoni, Mandy Christopher, Victoria A. Ludowici, Lindsay Bulman, David Teulon, Kylie A. Crampton, Mike Hodda, and Dean R. Paini
The survival of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) over winter in Western Australia, Touhidur Rahman and Sonya Broughton
Analysis of mutations in West Australian populations of Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei CYP51 conferring resistance to DMI fungicides, Madeline A. Tucker, Francisco J. Lopez-Ruiz, Hans J. Cools, Jonathon G L Mullins, Kithsiri W. Jayasena, and Richard P. Oliver
Submissions from 2018
Discovering new alleles for yellow spot resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection, Eric G. Dinglasan, Dharmendra Singh, Manisha Shankar, Olga Afanasenko, Greg Platz, Ian D. Godwin, Kai P. Voss-Fels, and Lee T. Hickey
Fate of dried meat baits aimed at wild dog (Canis familiaris) control, Tracey Kreplins, Malcolm S. Kennedy, Peter Adams, P W. Bateman, Shannon J. Dundas, and Patricia A. Fleming
Corvid interference with canid pest ejectors in the southern rangelands of Western Australia, Tracey Kreplins, Malcolm S. Kennedy, Shannon J. Dundas, Peter Adams, P W. Bateman, and Patricia A. Fleming
What to call a dog? A review of the common names for Australian free-ranging dogs, Tracey L. Kreplins, A Gaynor, Malcolm S. Kennedy, C M. Baudains, Peter Adams, P W. Bateman, and Patricia A. Fleming
An economic assessment of the impact on the Western Australian viticulture industry from the incursion of grapevine downy mildew, Andrew S. Taylor and David C. Cook
Submissions from 2017
Forecasting model for pea seed-borne mosaic virus epidemics in field pea crops in a Mediterranean-type environment, Benjamin S. Congdon, Brenda A. Coutts, Roger A C Jones, and Michael Renton
Establishing alighting preferences and species transmission differences for Pea seed-borne mosaic virus aphid vectors, Benjamin S. Congdon, Brenda A. Coutts, Michael Renton, Gavin R. Flematti, and Roger A C Jones
Pea seed-borne mosaic virus Pathosystem Drivers under Mediterranean-Type Climatic Conditions: Deductions from 23 Epidemic Scenarios, Benjamin S. Congdon, Brenda A. Coutts, Michael Renton, and Roger A C Jones
Occurrence of Summer Fallow Weeds within the Grain Belt Region of Southwestern Australia, Pippa Michael, Catherine Borger, William MacLeod, and Pip Payne
Genetic Relationship of Stripe Rust Resistance Genes Yr34 and Yr48 in Wheat and Identification of Linked KASP Markers, N Qureshi, Harbans S. Bariana, P Zhang, R. A. McIntosh, Urmil Bansal, D Wong, M J. Hayden, J Dubcovsky, and Manisha Shankar
Loci on chromosomes 1A and 2A affect resistance to tan (yellow) spot in wheat populations not segregating for tsn1, Manisha Shankar, Dorthe Jorgensen, Julian Taylor, Ken J. Chalmers, Rebecca Fox, Grant J. Hollaway, Stephen M. Neate, Mark S. McLean, Elysia Vassos, Hossein Golzar, Rob Loughman, and Diane E. Mather
Detection, prevalence and severity of upper canopy infection on mature Brassica napus plants caused by Leptosphaeria maculans in Australia, Susan Sprague, Stephen Marcroft, Kurt D. Lindbeck, Andrew H. Ware, Ravjit Khangura, and Angela P. Ven de Wouw
Plant age and ambient temperature: significant drivers for powdery mildew (Erysiphe cruciferarum) epidemics on oilseed rape (Brassica napus), Margaret Uloth
Submissions from 2016
Pea seed-borne mosaic virus in field pea: widespread infection, genetic diversity, and resistance gene effectiveness, Benjamin S. Congdon, Brenda A. Coutts, Michael Renton, Mirjana Banovic, and Roger A C Jones
Pea seed-borne mosaic virus: stability and wind-mediated contact transmission in field pea, Benjamin S. Congdon, Brenda A. Coutts, Michael Renton, and Roger A C Jones
Seed fractionation as a phytosanitary control measure for Pea seed-borne mosaic virus infection of field pea seed-stocks, Benjamin S. Congdon, Brenda A. Coutts, Michael Renton, J A G van Leur, and Roger A C Jones
Coordinated service provision in payment for ecosystem service schemes through adaptive governance, David C. Cook, Nadiah P. Kristensen, and Shuang Liu
Potential economic impact of Panama Disease (Tropical Race 4) on the Australian banana industry, David C. Cook, Andrew S. Taylor, Rachel A. Meldrum, and Andre Drenth
Responses of commercial wheat varieties and differential lines to western Australian powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. Sp. tritici) populations, Hossein Golzar, Manisha Shankar, and Mario F. D'Antuono
Global threat to agriculture from invasive species, Dean R. Paini, Andy W. Sheppard, David C. Cook, and Matthew B. Thomas
Evaluation of thiacloprid and clothianidin (neonicotinoids) as alternative to fenthion (organophosphate) for control of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in deciduous fruit orchards, Touhidur Rahman and Sonya Broughton
Fungal diseases of canola in Australia: identification of trends, threats and potential therapies, Angela P. van de Wouw, A Idnurm, Jennifer A. Davidson, Susan Sprague, Ravjit Khangura, Andrew H. Ware, Kurt D. Lindbeck, and Stephen Marcroft
Submissions from 2015
A bio-economic ‘war game’ model to simulate plant disease incursions and test response strategies at the landscape scale, David C. Cook, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Oscar N. Villalta, Shuang Liu, Jacqueline Edwards, and Savi Maharaj
A structured war-gaming framework for managing extreme risks, Shuang Liu, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Oscar N. Villalta, Jacqueline Edwards, Paul J. De Barro, Darren J. Kriticos, and David C. Cook
Eradicate, contain, or live with it? Collaborating with stakeholders to evaluate responses to invasive species, Shuang Liu and David C. Cook
Predicting cereal root disease in Western Australia using soil DNA and environmental parameters, Grant J. Poole, Martin Harries, Daniel Huberli, Shahajahan Miyan, William J. MacLeod, Roger Lawes, and Alan C. McKay
Suppressing Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with an attract-and-kill device in pome and stone fruit orchards in Western Australia, Touhidur Rahman and Sonya Broughton
Host resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot in historic and current Brassica napus and B. juncea varieties: critical management implications, Margaret Uloth, Ming Pei You, and Martin J. Barbetti
Submissions from 2014
Eradication versus control of Mediterranean fruit fly in Western Australia, David C. Cook and Rob W. Fraser
Plant biosecurity policy-making modelled on the human immune system: What would it look like?, David C. Cook, Nadiah P. Kristensen, Shuang Liu, Dean R. Paini, Peter J. Kerr, Andy W. Sheppard, Mark W. Londsdale, Ryan R J McAllister, and Paul J. De Barro
Incidence and severity of blackleg caused by Leptosphaeria spp. in juncea canola (Brassica juncea L.) in Australia, Vicki Elliott, R M. Norton, Ravjit Khangura, P A. Salisbury, and Stephen Marcroft
Development of genetic SSR markers in Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei and application to isolates from Australia, Madeline Tucker, C S. Moffat, Simon R. Ellwood, K C. Tan, Kithsiri Jayasena, and Richard P. Oliver
Breakdown of resistance to the fungal disease, blackleg, is averted in commercial canola (Brassica napus) crops in Australia, Angela P. van de Wouw, Stephen Marcroft, Andrew H. Ware, Kurt D. Lindbeck, Ravjit Khangura, and Barbara J. Howlett
Submissions from 2013
Natural pest control in citrus as an ecosystem service: integrating ecology, economics and management at the farm scale, Matthew J. Colloff, Elizabeth A. Lindsay, and David C. Cook
An assessment of the benefits of yellow Sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) control in the Queensland Northern Banana Pest Quarantine Area, David C. Cook, David C. Cook, Jacqueline Edwards, Oscar N. Villalta, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Darren J. Kriticos, Andre Drenth, and Paul J. De Barro
Predicted economic impact of black Sigatoka on the Australian banana industry, David C. Cook, Shuang Liu, Jacqueline Edwards, Oscar N. Villalta, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Darren J. Kriticos, Andre Drenth, and Paul J. De Barro
First report of stem rot in canola caused by Sclerotinia minor in Western Australia, Ravjit Khangura and William J. MacLeod
Current status of cereal root diseases in Western Australia under intensive cereal production and their comparison with the historical survey conducted during 1976 to 1982, Ravjit Khangura, Gordon C. MacNish, William J. MacLeod, Vivien A. Vanstone, Colin Hanbury, Rob Loughman, and Jane Speijers
Linking climate suitability, spread rates and host-impact when estimating the potential costs of invasive pests, Darren J. Kriticos, Agathe Leriche, David J. Palmer, David C. Cook, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Andrea E A Stephens, and Michael S. Watt
Effect of new and old pesticides on Orius armatus (Gross)—an Australian predator of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), Touhidur Rahman, Jessica Harrison, and Sonya Broughton
Application of meta-analysis in plant pathology: a case study examining the impact of fungicides on wheat yield loss from the yellow spot - septoria nodorum blotch disease complex in Western Australia, Kawsar P. Salam, Geoff J. Thomas, Ciara Beard, Rob Loughman, William J. MacLeod, and Moin U. Salam
Submissions from 2012
Predicting the benefits of banana bunchy top virus exclusion from commercial plantations in Australia, David C. Cook, Shuang Liu, Jacqueline Edwards, Oscar N. Villalta, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, and Darren J. Kriticos
First report of club root caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae on canola in Australia, Ravjit Khangura and Dominie Wright
Evaluation of potential responses to invasive non-native species with structured decision making, Shuang Liu, Terry Walshe, Graham Long, and David C. Cook
Can spinosad-resistant Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) be managed with spinosad and predatory mites (Acari)?, Touhidur Rahman, Sonya Broughton, and Helen Spafford
Use of spinosad and predatory mites for the management of Frankliniella occidentalis in low tunnel-grown strawberry, Touhidur Rahman, Helen Spafford, and Sonya Broughton
Pre-breeding for disease resistance in wheat – the stagonospora nodorum blotch example, Manisha Shankar, Michael Francki, and Rob Loughman
Mycotoxins produced by Fusarium spp. associated with Fusarium head blight of wheat in Western Australia, Diana C. Tan, Gavin R. Flematti, Emilio L. Ghisalberti, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam, Sukumar Chakraborty, Friday Obanor, Kithsiri Jayasena, and Martin J. Barbetti
Submissions from 2011
New quantitative trait loci in wheat for flag leaf resistance to Stagonospora nodorum blotch, Michael Francki, Manisha Shankar, Esther Walker, Rob Loughman, Hossein Golzar, and H Ohm
Management of citrus blue and green moulds through application of organic elicitors, Zafar Iqbal, Zora Singh, Ravjit Khangura, and Saeed Ahmad
Potential susceptibility of Australian flora to a NA2 isolate of Phytophthora ramorum and pathogen sporulation potential, Kylie B. Ireland, Daniel Huberli, Bernard Dell, I W. Smith, D M. Rizzo, and G E. St J Hardy
Potential susceptibility of Australian native plant species to branch dieback and bole canker diseases caused by Phytophthora ramorum, Kylie B. Ireland, Daniel Huberli, Bernard Dell, I W. Smith, D M. Rizzo, and G E. St J Hardy
Compatibility of spinosad with predaceous mites (Acari) used to control Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Touhidur Rahman, Helen Spafford, and Sonya Broughton
