Chestnut Blight
Chestnut blight, a declared exotic disease under state legislation, has been confirmed on a number of properties in the Ovens Valley in Victoria’s north east.
DPI has been working with affected growers and the chestnut industry, tracing movements to and from suspect properties and surveying other groves and nurseries.
Since September about 150,000 chestnut trees throughout Victoria have been surveyed for signs of infection. Precautionary inspections of 500 oak trees and 1200 eucalypts in and around infected properties have also taken place.
Chestnut growers are being urged to check their trees and report any suspicious symptoms and to follow the recommended personal and farm hygiene practices outlined below to help contain the disease.
Chestnut blight is a declared exotic disease and landholders are legally obliged to notify DPI if they find suspected chestnut blight symptoms - phone 136 186.
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