Pests, weeds & diseases

Pests, weeds and diseases pose a serious risk for primary producers as they can impact on market access and agricultural production.

To reduce the impact of pests, weeds and diseases, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development:

  • works with landholders, grower groups, community groups and biosecurity groups.
  • provides diagnostic services and information on prevention, management and treatment.
  • provides biosecurity and quarantine measures to prevent introduction, and to eradicate or manage current pests.

For advice on pests, weeds and diseases search our website, the Western Australian Organism List or contact our Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS).

For diagnostic services, please contact our Diagnostic Laboratory Services.

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  • Live red imported fire ants crawling on a piece of wood.

    Red imported fire ant: declared pest in Western Australia

    10 October 2013

    Red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is one of the most serious ant pests in the world and was found to be established in Brisbane, Queensland, in 2001.

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    Red imported fire ant

    27 November 2019

    Red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta, is one of the most serious and invasive ant pests in the world, because of its harmful effects on people, agriculture, flora and fauna, in

  • Close up of white star potatoes on white background

    Potato seed certification

    20 November 2013

    DDLS Seed Testing and Certification is responsible for administering the industry seed potato production schemes in Western Australia.

  • Students from Western Australia College of Agriculture Harvey visiting DAFWA to learn about barley crops.

    Upper secondary education resources

    30 October 2013

    The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia supports the growth of Western Australia’s agrifood sector in four key areas: markets, productivity, profitability and people.

  • Sheep exiting stockyards

    Property of origin statements for Western Australia

    26 June 2016

    A key component of live animal exports is the health certification that demonstrates to the importing country that the livestock meet market requirements.

  • Man handling livestock using a device

    Importing livestock into Western Australia - fees and charges

    29 November 2013

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) fees and charges for biosecurity services comes into effect on 1 July each year* to enable DPIRD to continue to provide essenti

  • Loading a sample on the MALDI-TOF at the Animal Health Laboratories. A MALDI-TOF (or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight) is a soft ionization technique used in mass spectrometry, allowing the analysis of biomolecules)

    DPIRD Diagnostics and Laboratory Services (DDLS) - Animal Pathology

    25 October 2013

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Diagnostics and Laboratory Services (DDLS) - Animal Pathology, Western Australia (formerly DAFWA Animal Health Laboratories) provides a

  • Animal health surveillance and disease control forms

    12 April 2018

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) maintains animal health surveillance and disease control programs to support Western Australia's high animal health status.

  • TPP Quarantine Area

    5 May 2017

    A Quarantine Area Notice is in place that applies restrictions to the movement of host plants produced in the Quarantine Area to other areas in the state where tomato-potato psyllid is not known to

  • Plant pathology culture samples

    DDLS – Plant Pathology Laboratories service fees

    21 July 2016

    DDLS - Plant Pathology Laboratories charges for the services it provides.

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