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Mediterranean fruit fly

Fruit fly

13 November 2013

Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) is a serious horticultural pest in Western Australia. It attacks a range of cultivated fruits and some fruiting vegetables.

Potato tubers

Potato virus Y in potato crops

31 January 2014

Potato virus Y (PVY) is an aphid-borne virus that causes yield losses and tuber quality defects in commercial potato crops.

Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) on potato roots. Smalls golden or dark brown galls have formed on the roots, which are the cysts containing nematode eggs.

Potato cyst nematode in Western Australia

28 August 2014

Globodera rostochiensis, golden or potato cyst nematode (PCN) and G.

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.

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.

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Onion smut: declared pest

20 December 2019

Onion smut (Urocystis cepulae) is a disease of onions. This disease is absent from Western Australia.

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