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Early career scientist, horticulture. Bee-keeper, birder and gardener. Acknowledge traditional owners. Views my own.

Orange, NSW, Australia
Joined August 2013
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Our #Eutypella paper is now out and freely available on March 8th 🥳 Let’s celebrate with two amazing female authors @aphrika_gregson & Anna Madden. We believe it occurred independently from a detection event in Qld, so worth checking. rdcu.be/c664T
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Occurrence of Eutypella species on cotton in New South Wales rdcu.be/c7lWP Distinct isolates from those found in Queensland @DuyLe15069637 @aphrika_gregson @nswdpi @CottonResearch
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How’s about the post drought #yabby boom on the Darling River! How would you cook em? 🦞 🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞 📸 Mark Hawke
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The All the Dirt newsletter is back!
For those who have never seen these growing wild, here is what a patch of Sturt desert peas looks like. I found several more patches today at Wirraminna.
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The Central Tablelands in spring 🌼
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How cool is this? My wife made a #soil coring tractor topper for our #wedding cake - including an oreo based #vertosol I'm not sure what this says about me, but whatever it is my passion for soil science and #agriculture is very clearly supported at home!
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You never know what you might come across when looking for owls in a Brisbane park. I'm assuming from the length of the prey's tail that this Kookaburra has caught itself a non-native Ship Rat?
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Swainsona formosa, Sturt's desert pea. Wilyakali country, far western NSW. ❤️
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Catch DPI’s @MathewDunn19 at the @Farm_Link Breakfast Wrap event series of pre-season updates! The updates are free and open to all. Register at fal.cn/3n27b. #strongerprimaryindustries
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We’ve been working with @LLSRiverina to assess platypus abundances and health in fire impacted rivers, prior to rehabilitation works. We captured 4 platypuses last week, including this big male 🤩@PlatypusCI
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Mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus has been detected in NSW and Victoria. This is a highly unusual discovery and care should be taken to avoid exposure to mosquito bites. See alerts from @NSWHealth health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages… and @VicGovDH health.vic.gov.au/health-adv…
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We're excited to be expanding our product team with a Technical Officer who'll execute on-farm trials to help demonstrate large-scale inoculum performance. Don't miss this opportunity to work with cutting edge #biotech at Loam's R&D Hub in Orange, NSW.
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Hyoscyamus tenuicaulis Fars province, Iran Altitude: 1800m It is one of the best rocky species I've ever seen in my life. Its length: 100- 150cm Its weight: 50 - 100cm The leaves are fleshy Large flowers with a long flowering period
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Bush stone-curlew hide and seek, go! (hint: there is more than one) 👀
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Aphrika retweeted
Flying in miniature: Secrets of the featherwing beetle
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Very humble to share our @aphrika_gregson note #journalofgeneralplantpathology This is a part of our effort to characterize #blackrootrot pathogen for better understanding of its biology and diversity. Thankss to supporters @CottonResearch @nswdpi rdcu.be/cFyZB
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Very first #Verticillium sample dropped off this season. Thanks @NellMontH2O. It’s from Moree & only #Verticillium was recovered. We provide free #diagnostic for cotton NSW thanks to the support from @CottonResearch. Not sure how to send, please contact our REOs @CottonInfoAust
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These two look like they're up to some mischief 🥰 – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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#BREAKING The national medical regulator has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 @abcnews – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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