Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
The Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) is a biosecurity initiative operated by the Australian federal government’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE). It is unique worldwide because it deals specifically with the potential arrival via unregulated pathways of exoti...
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| author | Richard I. Davis Lynne M. Jones Bradley Pease Sandy L. Perkins Harshitsinh R. Vala Pere Kokoa Marilyn Apa Christopher J. Dale |
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| description | The Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) is a biosecurity initiative operated by the Australian federal government’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE). It is unique worldwide because it deals specifically with the potential arrival via unregulated pathways of exotic threats from overseas in a vast and sparsely populated region. It aims to protect the nation’s animal- and plant-based production industries, as well as the environment, from incursions of organisms from countries that lie immediately to the north. These are diseases, pests, and weeds present in these countries that are currently either absent from, or under active containment in, Australia and may arrive by natural or human-assisted means. This review article focuses on the plant viruses and virus-like diseases that are most highly targeted by the NAQS program. It presents eight pathogen species/group entries in the NAQS A list of target pathogens, providing an overview of the historical and current situation, and collates some new data obtained from surveillance activities conducted in northern Australia and collaborative work overseas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c692651605a7493aa9b2bd839efe82662023-11-22T19:45:07ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472021-10-011010217510.3390/plants10102175Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine StrategyRichard I. Davis0Lynne M. Jones1Bradley Pease2Sandy L. Perkins3Harshitsinh R. Vala4Pere Kokoa5Marilyn Apa6Christopher J. Dale7Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaNorthern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaNorthern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaNorthern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaNorthern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaNational Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), P.O. Box 741, Port Moresby 121, Papua New GuineaNational Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), P.O. Box 741, Port Moresby 121, Papua New GuineaInternational Plant Health Surveillance Program, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaThe Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) is a biosecurity initiative operated by the Australian federal government’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE). It is unique worldwide because it deals specifically with the potential arrival via unregulated pathways of exotic threats from overseas in a vast and sparsely populated region. It aims to protect the nation’s animal- and plant-based production industries, as well as the environment, from incursions of organisms from countries that lie immediately to the north. These are diseases, pests, and weeds present in these countries that are currently either absent from, or under active containment in, Australia and may arrive by natural or human-assisted means. This review article focuses on the plant viruses and virus-like diseases that are most highly targeted by the NAQS program. It presents eight pathogen species/group entries in the NAQS A list of target pathogens, providing an overview of the historical and current situation, and collates some new data obtained from surveillance activities conducted in northern Australia and collaborative work overseas.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/10/2175biosecuritysurveillanceplant healthvirusphytoplasmaliberibacter |
| spellingShingle | Richard I. Davis Lynne M. Jones Bradley Pease Sandy L. Perkins Harshitsinh R. Vala Pere Kokoa Marilyn Apa Christopher J. Dale Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy Plants biosecurity surveillance plant health virus phytoplasma liberibacter |
| title | Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy |
| title_full | Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy |
| title_fullStr | Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy |
| title_short | Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy |
| title_sort | plant virus and virus like disease threats to australia s north targeted by the northern australia quarantine strategy |
| topic | biosecurity surveillance plant health virus phytoplasma liberibacter |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/10/2175 |
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