Introducing the latest tool in plant pest surveillance
Vegetables Australia Summer 2019-20
The first mobile pest surveillance unit, known as a 'sentinel', was unveiled in September this year at the Hart Field Day in South Australia. The sentinel forms part5 of a nationwide R&D initiative to provide Australia's plant industries with vital information about the presence of pests and diseases in different Growing regions.
New plant surveillance tech trial in the Barossa
Wine Australia R&D news October 2019
A national multi-agricultural industry initiative called iMapPESTS is developing novel airborne surveillance and diagnostics technologies to speed up detection and reporting of important pests and diseases within the region..
Hart Field Day 2019 news
Surveillance technology to ramp up intelligence on pests and diseases- GRDC Media release
Mobile Pest Surveillance Units To Give Plant Industries Vital Pest And Disease Information- AUSVEG Media Release
Strong crowd at Hart- The Flinders News
Hart Field Day visitors first to view new surveillance unit- Northern Argus News
BioScout and iMapPESTS: Shaping the Future of Disease Prevention- BioScout Blog
Pest and disease surveillance unit to be launched at Hart Field Day- The Stock Journal
SRA collaborates on cross-industry biosecurity surveillance
Australian Canegrowers June 2019
Aiming for the sky in cross-industry plant pest surveillance
FWPA's R&D Works Newsletter
Australia’s agriculture and horticulture industries have joined forces, developing a program to change the way airborne pests and diseases are detected...
Airborne sampling offers faster, clearer detection of pests
CRDC's Spotlight Winter 2019
Australia’s agriculture and horticulture industries including cotton have joined forces to change the way airborne pests and diseases are detected...
Aiming for the sky with innovative plant pest surveillance
Wine Australia R&D News 7 June 2019
A custom-designed, mobile plant pest surveillance unit – known as a ‘sentinel’ – is under construction to help better manage pests and disease pressures across Australia via the cloud...
Aiming for the sky: surveillance project in full swing
Vegetables Australia Mar/Apr 2019
A national, cross-industry plant pest surveillance program is well underway, with a prototype of a mobile surveillance unit currently under construction to monitor and report the presence of airborne pests and diseases affecting major agricultural sectors across Australia...
Coordinated biosecurity approaches target in-season pest management
GRDC newsroom 5 March 2019
A major cross-industry project is tackling damaging crop pests with a coordinated national approach involving surveillance, diagnostics, forecasting, and engagement...
New pest & disease surveillance tech to launch
CaneCONNECTION Summer 2019
The national multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative iMapPESTS is launching a trial of its airborne surveillance and diagnostics technologies in North Queensland in February 2020.
Sentinel on duty soon
Spotlight on Cotton R&D Summer 2019-20
A national, multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative, iMapPESTS, is developing novel airborne surveillance and diagnostics technologies to speed up detection and reporting of pests and diseases in cotton growing regions and beyond.
