Crops

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development continues to support the growth and international competitiveness of all crop industries in Western Australia.

With a 2400 kilometre span from its tropical north to its temperate south, WA supports a broad range of cropping industries from rain-fed winter cereals through to irrigated horticultural crops.

In the 2012/13 year the WA cropping industries exported a total of $3.9 billion which comprised: $3.1 billion of cereals, $859 million of pulses, pastures and oilseeds, $142 million of horticultural crops. The major contributors to these exports were wheat ($2.7 billion), canola ($756 million), barley ($377 million), lupins ($42 million), carrots at $48 million, oats ($12 million), and strawberries at $5.5 million.

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  • Cultivar Lambert cherries with Little cherry disease symptoms (left) and healthy fruit (right)

    Little cherry disease: declared pest

    7 February 2014

    Little cherry disease [Ampelovirus Little cherry virus 2 (LChV-2)] is a serious pest of cherries that can affect fruit development and quality.

  • Cabbage showing necrotic flecks and patches characteristic of turnip mosaic virus

    Virus diseases of vegetable brassica crops

    16 July 2014

    Turnip mosaic virus, cauliflower mosaic virus and beet western yellows virus occasionally cause significant economic loss in vegetable brassica crops such as cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, Chinese

  • Plants infected as seedlings are spindly with multiple tillers

    Diagnosing wheat streak mosaic virus

    4 December 2013

    Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) is a seed and mite-borne virus that infects cereals (including wheat and barley) and grasses.

  • Mild chlorosis and mosaic vein clearings: PSbMV

    Diagnosing virus damage in field peas

    24 April 2015

    It can be difficult to distinguish plant disease symptoms caused by viruses in pea plants, as viral foliage symptoms are often similar to those caused by nutritional deficiencies, herbicide damage

  • Varietal symptoms vary but leaf mottling and puckering is common

    Diagnosing turnip mosaic virus in canola

    8 May 2014

    An aphid-borne viral disease in canola that has the potential to cause significant yield loss with early infection, but is uncommon.

     

  • Wrinkled leaves and characteristic ringspots

    Diagnosing cauliflower mosaic virus in canola

    19 May 2014

    An aphid borne viral disease in canola that has the potential to cause significant yield loss with early infection, but rarely occurs in WA.

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