Vegetables

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development works closely with the vegetable industry to promote growth through better market access, developing integrated pest management programs and improving water and fertiliser use efficiency.

Vegetable production in Western Australia had a farm gate value of about $336 million in 2013, with the total industry value being $909 million. Most crops are grown for local consumption, apart from carrots, which are exported year-round to South East Asia and the Middle East.

The main growing areas are in the South-West, especially the Swan Coastal Plain from Gingin to Busselton, and around Manjimup and Albany.

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Potato Industry Assistance Grants (PIAG) Successful Applicants

22 March 2018

Congratulations to the following applicants who have been selected to be awarded a Potato Industry Assistance Grant (PIAG).
Potato Industry Assistance Grants (PIAG)

30 November 2017

The Potato Industry Assistance Grants Program has now closed.
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.
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum: pest data sheet

8 May 2017

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum is an exotic pest to Australia. It can affect both solanaceous and apiaceous crops.
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

8 May 2017

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum is a bacterial plant pathogen that is exotic to Australia. Currently five haplotypes have been described: haplotypes A and B from solanaceous crops suc
Washed ware potato policy review: draft pest categorisation

14 November 2016

The department is reviewing its policy in regards to the import of washed ware potatoes from other Australian states and territories.
Biosecurity alert: white rot in garlic

25 October 2016

White rot of Allium species (caused by Sclerotium cepivorum) has been confirmed in garlic from a Perth backyard and a property in the Swan Valley.
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.
Ware potatoes: initiation of policy review

5 January 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia has initiated a policy review of the importation of washed ware potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) from other Australian states and terr
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus in cucurbit crops

12 November 2015

Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is an aphid-borne virus that causes yield losses and fruit quality defects in cucurbit crops. ZYMV infects all cultivated cucurbit types including cucumber, pum