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PaDIS

The Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) provides advisory and identification services on animal and plant pests, weeds and diseases that impact Western Australia's agriculture and food industries. This service plays an important frontline role for the detection and reporting of unfamiliar and potentially damaging pests, weeds and diseases of agricultural and quarantine concern.

Articles

  • 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.

  • Two hands, covered in dirt, outstreched to show off a few garden worms.

    Worm farms

    5 March 2014

    Worm farms are good for the environment as the worms recycle organic waste by converting it into liquid and solid fertilisers. These farms are popular with householders as they are easy to look aft

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    Nematodes

    13 January 2014

    Nematodes are common soil pests that affect plants.

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    Citrus fruit loss

    18 December 2013

    The failure of citrus trees to produce a satisfactory crop of fruit even though blossom has been abundant, and the initial set of fruit is apparently normal, 

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    Be weed-aware

    16 December 2013

    Most individuals presume that they are already weed-aware because of the effort they put into removing weeds from their lawns and flower beds.

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    Climbers out of control

    13 December 2013

    Many climbing plants enhance vertical space in the garden, but some can become a serious nuisance for you and your neighbours.

  • 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.

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    Tomato pests

    20 January 2014

    Various insects, nematodes and mite pests can damage tomato crops in the home garden and nematodes, russet mites and budworms can be especially destructive. The plants can be damaged at all stages

  • Septoria spot on external orange fruit surface showing characteristic small spots

    Septoria spot of citrus: declared pest

    28 November 2013

    Septoria spot (Septoria citri) is a serious pest of citrus that can affect external fruit quality. This pest is not known to occur 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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