Alerts

New import conditions for nursery stock host plants of pathogenic fungi Ceratocystis spp.

Effective from 21 December 2018

This alert applies to importers of the following genera of nursery stock:

Acacia	Actinidia	Alocasia
Annona	Arracacia	Betula
Brachystegia	Burkea	Carapa
Carya	Citrus	Coffea
Colocasia	Colophospermum	Combretum
Crotalaria	Cunninghamia	Dalbergia
Eriobotrya	Eucalyptus	Faurea
Ficus	Gmelina	Hevea
Ipomoea	Julbernadia	Mangifera
Manihot	Metrosideros	Ochna
Ozoroa	Parinari	Passiflora
Platanus	Populus	Protea
Prunus	Punica	Quercus
Rapanea	Schizolobium	Schotia
Spathodea	Styrax	Syzgygium
Terminalia	Theobroma	Tilia
Xanthosoma

What is changing?

Ceratocystis host genera (listed above) imported for nursery stock in a form other than tissue culture will require a minimum of 12 months of post-entry quarantine growth in the closed government facility in Mickleham, Victoria (subject to other existing conditions), with active testing by culturing (or equivalent) for species of Ceratocystis.

This will apply to imports from all countries.

Import conditions for tissue culture of the listed genera will not include any additional measures.

Changes effective from:

These changes will take effect from March 2019.

Further information:

Enquiries related to these changes can be submitted via email to imports@agriculture.gov.au.

This Alert applies to the following Cases: