Biosecurity Built on Science - Mark Schutze

Plant Biosecurity CRC

Mark Schutze discusses how fruit fly threatens global agriculture and why being able to identify different species is so important. Mark leads a Plant Biosecurity CRC project developing a suite of tailor-made molecular diagnostic tools and a major revision of the Australian Handbook for the Identification of Fruit Flies (3:33). Mark is a Postdoctoral Fellow from the Queensland University of Technology; partners on his project are QUT, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Plant Health Australia and the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia. Read more about Mark's work at www.pbcrc.com.au/research/project/2147