%0 Journal Article
%J The Open Entomology Journal
%D 2011
%T The Capacity of Groups within the Community to Carry out Plant Pest Surveillance Detection
%A Mangano, Peter
%A Hardie, Darryl
%A Speijers, Jane
%A Johnston, Richard
%A Sousa-Majer, Maria de
%A Maynard, Glynn
%P 15-23
%V 5
%X <p>A set of trial exercises was run to compare pest surveillance capabilities of the Department of Agriculture and Food&rsquo;s entomology and plant pathology staff (all with some degree of field survey experience) with persons from various community groups. Information indicating a comparable level of confidence in the use of community members for surveillance, to complement professional staff capacity, is provided.</p>