Failure of an attempt to eradicate southern sting nematode () from the Brisbane Cricket Ground (the Gabba).

When the Grand Final of the Australian Football League (AFL) was played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (the Gabba) in October 2020, small rolls of turf from Victoria were laid at the three player entrances. This turf was infested with southern sting nematode () and so it was removed, the infested sites were fumigated, and nematicides were applied in an attempt to eliminate the nematode. Results published in September 2021 indicated that this appeared to have been successful, as was not detected in a post-treatment monitoring program.

Support for the 'out-of-Southeast Asia' hypothesis for the origin of Australian populations of Radopholus similis (Cobb, 1893) (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae).

Radopholus similis is one of the world's ten most economically important plant-parasitic nematodes. It is especially a problem in banana cultivation, where the nematodes' feeding reduces yields and causes toppling disease. It has been suggested that the genus Radopholus Thorne, 1949 might have an Australian origin, but the native range of R.