Strawberry crinkle cytorhabdovirus, commonly called Strawberry crinkle virus (SCV), is a negative sense single stranded RNA virus that threatens strawberry production worldwide. This virus reduces plant rigidity, runner production, fruit size, and production, while causing distortion and crinkling of the leaves. This virus was first described in 1932 in Oregon and California with commercial strawberry […]
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Peechelba is a small town in north eastern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Wangaratta and the Shire of Moira local government area between Wangaratta and Yarrawonga and 277 kilometres (172 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne. The town is home to a nature reserve, not far from
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Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who currently plays for Queensland in the domestic league. He is a tall fast bowler of Indian ancestry. In the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he was a member of Australia’s Under-19 cricket squad. During the 2011–12 Big Bash League season, Sandhu
Ongoing news reports in the international media have revealed operational details about the Anglophone cryptographic agencies’ global surveillance of both foreign and domestic nationals. The reports mostly emanate from a cache of top secret documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which he obtained whilst working for Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the largest contractors
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The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul, Australia–New Guinea, Australinea, Meganesia, or Papualand to distinguish it from the country of Australia, consists of the landmasses located next to Wallacea. The name “Sahul” takes its name from the Sahul Shelf, which is part of the continental shelf of the Australian continent. The continent includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and portions of Indonesia), the Aru Islands, the Ashmore
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Ivo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who, along with Greg Norman, is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times (1912, 1913, 1926, 1929 and 1931). Full name Ivo Harrington Whitton Born 9 December 1893Moonee Ponds, Victoria Died 2 July 1967 (aged 73)Sandringham, Victoria, Australia Sporting nationality Australia Status Amateur
A low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) or low-power wide-area (LPWA) network or low-power network (LPN) is a type of wireless telecommunication wide area network designed to allow long-range communications at a low bit rate among things (connected objects), such as sensors operated on a battery. The low power, low bit rate and intended use distinguish this type of network from a wireless WAN that is designed to connect users or businesses, and carry
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Kadimakara australiensis is an extinct species of marine reptile belonging to the clade Ichthyosauria, a group of dolphin-shaped reptiles that inhabited the world’s oceans during the Mesozoic Era. The species is known from fossil material discovered in South Australia and dates to the Early Jurassic period, approximately 190–180 million years ago. Originally assigned to the
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