Diseases
Diseases have a detrimental effect on plants and animals and impact on market access and agricultural production. Diseases include micro-organisms, disease agents (bacteria, fungi and viruses), infectious agents, parasites and genetic disorders.
Western Australia is free from some of the world's major agricultural and livestock diseases. Biosecurity measures on your property are vital in preventing the spread of diseases.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides:
- biosecurity/quarantine measures at the WA border to prevent the entry of plant and animal diseases
- post border biosecurity measures for harmful animal and plant diseases
- advice on widespread diseases present in the state.
For advice on animal and plant 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.
Filter by search
Filter by topic
- (-) Remove Pulses filter Pulses
- Crops (227) Apply Crops filter
- Grains (227) Apply Grains filter
- (-) Remove Crop diseases filter Crop diseases
- Field peas (223) Apply Field peas filter
- Fungi (212) Apply Fungi filter
- Lupins (4) Apply Lupins filter
- Wheat (3) Apply Wheat filter
- Control methods (3) Apply Control methods filter
- Oats (3) Apply Oats filter
- Grains research & development (2) Apply Grains research & development filter
- Mechanical, physical and cultural (2) Apply Mechanical, physical and cultural filter
- Viruses & virus-like (2) Apply Viruses & virus-like filter
- Weeds (2) Apply Weeds filter
- Pests (2) Apply Pests filter
- Grains Research & Development (2) Apply Grains Research & Development filter
- Barley (2) Apply Barley filter
- Crop weeds (2) Apply Crop weeds filter
- Canola (2) Apply Canola filter
- Chemicals (2) Apply Chemicals filter
- Soil acidity (1) Apply Soil acidity filter
- Pastures (1) Apply Pastures filter
- Soils (1) Apply Soils filter
- Pasture management (1) Apply Pasture management filter
- Soil nutrients (1) Apply Soil nutrients filter
- Fungicides (1) Apply Fungicides filter
- Bacteria (1) Apply Bacteria filter
- Climate, land & water (1) Apply Climate, land & water filter
- Managing soils (1) Apply Managing soils filter
- Nematodes (1) Apply Nematodes filter