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Welcome Agpath P/L is registered with DPI, Victoria to receive soil and grapevine material from Phylloxera Infested Zones as nominated on thePhylloxera & Grape Industry Board of South Australia website.
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Soil or grape material from these areas must be accompanied by a Department of Primary Industries 'permit for the removal of diagnostic samples from .....(name of phylloxera infested zone)'.
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Transport of grapes across quarantine phylloxera zones. Three quarantine zones operate for phylloxera: Phylloxera Infested Zone (PIZ), Phylloxera Exclusion Zone (PEZ) and Phylloxera Risk Zone (PRZ). A map of Victoria with the quarantine zones is available by clicking here. Individual maps for the six PIZs in Victoria and the Western PEZ are available by clicking here.
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Growers and winemakers are reminded that there are strict rules controlling the transport of grapes and other grape material into and out of a PEZ, PRZ or PIZ. The National Phylloxera Management Protocol is available here,or if you need further information, please contact Catherine Anderson on 9261 1830 or catherine@vwia.org
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WHY MELBOURNE NEEDS THE WONTHAGGI DESALINATION PLANT.
This excellent video was produced by Michelle Gritxi, a student in agriculture
at The University of Melbourne who spent a Summer Scholarship period
in the Agpath laboratory in 2013. This video is about 5mins long but is
compulsory viewing to gain an insight into the important of the desal
plant to Melbourne’s long term future water supplies.