Chemicals

Many primary producers in Western Australia rely on chemicals to protect their agricultural enterprises from pests, weeds and diseases. Chemicals provide many benefits to primary production but must be used responsibly to minimise the adverse effects associated with their use.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development in conjunction with other state departments and federal authorities regulates the use of agricultural and veterinary chemicals to minimise risks to human health, the environment, animal welfare and trade.

Details about agricultural and veterinary chemical products registered for use in Western Australia can be sourced through the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.

Articles

  • Control methods for apple of Sodom (Solanum linnaeanum) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for African rue (Peganum harmala) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for blackberry (Rubus species), declared pests in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) - a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for athel pine (Tamarix aphylla) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for gorse (Ulex europaeus), a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia), a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides), a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for hydrocotyl (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) - a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for non-native, declared pest Acacia species in Western Australia.

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