Byfield National Park becomes last line of defence against threat to pandanus
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DecDecember 2020 at 1:32am
Pressure is on to keep Byfield National Park s healthy population of pandanus free of planthopper.
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A central Queensland national park has become the front line of defence against a pest insect that has destroyed thousands of pandanus trees in the south of the state.
Key points:
A pandanus dieback specialist is worried an infestation of planthopper is moving north
Byfield National Park north of Yeppoon and its healthy population is now the front line of defence
The pandanus planthopper was first found at Noosa and the Gold Coast 25 years ago