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Identification of livestock is required by law under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013 [BAM (IMSA) Regulations].

The Australian plague locust is a declared pest under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.

Many practices are transferable from a conventional system to an organic system of growing mangoes. The major changes will be in nutrient, weed, flowering, pest and disease and postharvest management.

No synthetic fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides or fungicides can be used.

Transition to a system of organic mango production will vary according to your situation and current management system.

The underlying principle of organic crop production is "healthy plants grow from healthy soil". It is a whole system approach and, as far as practical, a closed system.

Mangoes have been identified as a promising crop for organic production. They are suitable because of a low nitrogen requirement and relatively low incidence of pests and diseases. There are also opportunities to use established mango industry infrastructure and potential to export.

In the south-west of Western Australia, many types of beetles are found in pastures, broadacre and horticultural crops. As a first step to knowing whether or not a particular insect is a pest, it is necessary to identify it.

In Western Australia, commercial poultry owners must comply with surveillance, reporting and biosecurity requirements in order to reduce the risk of Newcastle disease being introduced to their flocks and to ensure the disease is quickly eradicated if it occurs.

Under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013 [BAM (IMSA) regulations], it is mandatory to provide appropriate documentation to accompany any livestock whenever they leave a property.

Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) causes a disease of potatoes worldwide and occurs in Western Australia.

High levels of infection within a crop reduce returns as the virus greatly reduces tuber yield, size and marketability.

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