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Pests, weeds & diseases

Pests, weeds and diseases pose a serious risk for primary producers as they can impact on market access and agricultural production.

To reduce the impact of pests, weeds and diseases, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development:

works with landholders, grower groups, community groups and biosecurity groups.
provides diagnostic services and information on prevention, management and treatment.
provides biosecurity and quarantine measures to prevent introduction, and to eradicate or manage current pests.

For advice on pests, weeds and 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.

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Blackspot in field peas disease forecast

5 April 2018

Blackspot in field peas can occur in three ways; from infected seed, through the soil or most commonly, through infected pea stubble.
European House Borer RMZ

10 September 2014

EHB Restricted Movement Zone (RMZ) Maps.
Papaya sticky disease: declared pest

16 August 2019

Papaya sticky disease (caused by the combined action of Papaya meleira virus and Papaya meleira virus 2) can spread rapidly through papaya plantings, making the fruit unattractive and unmarketable.
Spending time in the bush? Ensure feral pigs don't meet with meat

27 November 2019

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Foot-and-mouth disease: recognise and report the signs

5 March 2014

Western Australia's access to livestock and livestock product export markets, worth about $2 billion annually, relies on Australia being free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
Diagnosing sclerotinia stem rot in narrow-leafed lupins and field peas

19 January 2015

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DPIRD Diagnostics and Laboratory Services (DDLS) - Animal Pathology

25 October 2013

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22 November 2018

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Polyphagous shot-hole borer

10 September 2021

Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) Euwallacea fornicatus is a beetle native to Southeast Asia. The beetle attacks a wide range of plants by tunnelling into trunks, stems and branches.
Blueberry rust: biosecurity alert

12 November 2014

Blueberry rust (Thekopsora minima) is a fungal disease that affects blueberries and some relatives in the Ericaceae plant family.

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