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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  • Feral donkey.

    Feral donkey

    6 February 2014

    This article provides information regarding feral donkeys in Western Australia.

  • A bumble bee on top of a punnet of raspberries

    Bumble bee

    10 December 2013

    The bumblebee is familiar to many people who have visited Europe and Tasmania however, this ‘cute’ exotic bee could become a serious pest if it is unwittingly introduced to Western Australia.

  • Male and female blackbird.

    Blackbird

    15 January 2014

    This article provides information on the identification, biology, and pest potential of the blackbird in Western Australia.

  • Cat-facing can be a sign of WFT damage in strawberries.

    Thrips infestations in strawberry crops

    14 January 2014

    Thrips are small slender insects (1.2mm long by 0.1mm), just visible to the naked eye.

  • Cockroach on timber.

    Cockroach control

    28 January 2014

    Cockroaches are primitive and highly successful animals and their general body form has changed little in the past 300 million years.

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    Nematodes

    13 January 2014

    Nematodes are common soil pests that affect plants.

  • A field that has been ripped via rotary hoe for pre potato planting

    Mid West potatoes: seed production, pest and disease management

    7 November 2013

    Expansion of potato production into the Mid West for winter production is a real possibility by using seed of the correct physiological age and quality.

  • rust mite damage

    Mites in citrus

    10 October 2013

    Mites (Acari) are arthropods, a group that includes insects and spiders. Some mites are large enough to be visible to the naked eye while others can only be seen with a hand lens or microscope.

  • Grain handling equipment

    Cross-contamination with pesticide seed and structural treatments

    2 October 2013

    Pesticide-treated seed and structural treatments to grain storage and handling areas may leave chemical residues in cereals, pulses and oilseeds unless managed effectively. Treated grain storage an

  • Image of live grape phylloxera on grape roots

    Grape phylloxera - declared pest in Western Australia

    29 October 2013

    Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is a major pest in all grape growing countries around the world.

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