Queensland melon exports to New Zealand have been put on ice after the detection of a cucurbit virus in a shipment of melons.
Exports of Queensland melons to New Zealand have been temporarily suspended after a virus was detected in a shipment of watermelons.Authorities are working to trace the origin of a cucurbit disease detected in a consignment of melons exported to New Zealand
The disease, which was first detected in Australia in 2014, is not harmful to humans, but can prove devastating to crops The cucurbit virus was detected in New Zealand on December 13, prompting the country's Ministry of Primary Industries to freeze imports of all fresh cucurbits from Queensland's Pest Free Area, pending the outcome of the investigation.
DAF said watermelon, honeydew and rockmelons were the only CGMMV host commodities in season being traded from to New Zealand.
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