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PaDIS

The Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) provides advisory and identification services on animal and plant pests, weeds and diseases that impact Western Australia's agriculture and food industries. This service plays an important frontline role for the detection and reporting of unfamiliar and potentially damaging pests, weeds and diseases of agricultural and quarantine concern.

Articles

  • Grape leaf infected with Phomopsis viticola showing the characteristic yellow halos surrounding black spots

    Phomopsis viticola: prohibited disease

    6 June 2014

    Phomopsis cane and leaf spot is caused by the fungus Phomopsis viticola which is a prohibited organism in Western Australia.

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    Quarantine - moving to WA

    6 January 2014

    The Department of  Primary Industries and Regional Development, through Quarantine WA, enforces quarantine laws that must be considered if you plan to move to WA.

  • Fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, seed and honey are potential carriers of unwanted pests and diseases

    Quarantine - organisms and potential carriers

    12 December 2013

    Under biosecurity legislation, any item that poses a biosecurity risk should be referred to quarantine inspectors for assessment.

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    Quarantine WA border checkpoints

    28 October 2013

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's (DPIRD) Quarantine WA service operates border checkpoints as a first line of defence against incursions of unwanted pests, weeds and

  • Dorsal view of a red over-wintering form of two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) on a gerbera leaf

    Spider mite pests of Western Australian plants

    9 October 2013

    Mites of the Tetranychidae family (commonly known as spider mites) include some important pests of economic concern to agriculture and forestry.

  • Two hands, covered in dirt, outstreched to show off a few garden worms.

    Worm farms

    5 March 2014

    Worm farms are good for the environment as the worms recycle organic waste by converting it into liquid and solid fertilisers. These farms are popular with householders as they are easy to look aft

  • Fabric pests damage

    Identifying and controlling clothes moths, carpet beetles and silverfish

    4 October 2013

    Clothes moths, carpet beetles and silverfish can be destructive household pests. Learn how to recognise and deal with them.

  • Meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus)

    Australian meat ants

    13 April 2017

    Australian meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus gp) are a native ant species.

  • The Department of Agriculture and Food is asking the community to look out for and report signs of citrus gall wasp.

    Citrus gall wasp in Western Australia

    2 July 2014

    Citrus gall wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) is a pest of citrus trees. Discovered in the suburb of Eden Hill in 2013 it is now an established pest in Perth.

  • DAFWA's European wasp field staff

    European Wasp Surveillance and Eradication Program

    13 August 2013

    The European wasp is considered one of the worst wasps in the world - harmful to people, our outdoor lifestyles and to our horticultural and agricultural industries.

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