Plant biosecurity

The mission of Western Australia's plant biosecurity programs is to safeguard plant resources from exotic and established pests and diseases. The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) has adopted a 'biosecurity continuum' approach with pre-border, border and post-border biosecurity strategies as integral components of this approach.

The aim of DAFWA’s approach is to identify key threats to productivity, sustainability and market access and outline preventive and response strategies.

The management of biological risks to market access, product safety, quality, productivity and sustainability is a shared responsibility and can be managed together and cost-effectively by means of partnerships between industry, community and government.

DAFWA’s biosecurity policies and operations are targeted to facilitate safe trade, tourism and commodity movement whilst reducing exposure of the State's plant resources to exotic biological risks.

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  • Citrophilus mealybug on a fruit

    Citrophilus mealybug: pest data sheet

    29 October 2013

    Citrophilus mealybug (Pseudococcus calceolariae) is an exotic pest to Western Australia.

  • Biosecurity Council stakeholder engagement report 2015

    5 February 2015

    The Biosecurity Council of Western Australia undertook a two-stage stakeholder engagement process in 2014 to elicit perceptions about biosecurity roles and responsibilities, and the principles that

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    Rockmelons safety update

    9 March 2018

    The recent listeria food safety warning around rockmelons on the east coast of Australia does not apply to Western Australia.

  • Russian wheat aphid

    GRDC Research Updates 2017: Russian wheat aphid - where are we at with this pest in WA?

    16 February 2017

    Aim:

    To provide an update to the Western Australian grains industry on surveillance for Russian wheat aphid (RWA) in WA and effective management should the pest be found in WA.

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    Sweetpotato weevil: Declared pest

    6 April 2016

    Sweet potato weevil Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) is the most serious pest of sweet potato, not only in the United States, but around the world.

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    Biosecurity alert: Dickeya dianthicola

    10 July 2017

    Dickeya dianthicola is a serious bacterium that can cause tuber soft rot and blackleg in potatoes, and can also affect some ornamental varieties, chicory and artichoke.

  • 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.

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    Asian longhorned beetle

    29 July 2016

    Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) is a wood-boring pest that usually targets deciduous hardwood trees such as elm, willow, poplar, maple and a variety of fruit trees.

  • The insect pest, tomato potato pysllid, on underside of leaf.

    Biosecurity alert: Tomato potato psyllid

    10 February 2017

    The Department of Agriculture and Food, WA is working with the WA horticulture industry to respond to the detection of tomato potato psyllid, an exotic plant pest.

  • Watermelon infected with the virus, cut in half with yellow patches in flesh

    Biosecurity alert: Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus

    4 November 2014

    Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) has been detected on commercial cucurbit properties in Kununurra, Carnarvon, Geraldton and Perth.

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