Alert diseases
Other insect pests and plant diseases in NSW
The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has a detailed list of images, descriptions and control methods for plant pests and diseases.
Controlling plant diseases on your land
Plant pests are organisms which can affect the health of plants. These include insects, mites, roundworms and snails and germs such as fungi, viruses and bacteria.
It’s important to look after our farms, landscapes and natural environment and protect them from plant diseases and pests. In order to do this, NSW has a range of biosecurity measures including:
- detecting and reporting new pests early through surveillance as well as increased general awareness of what is 'normal' and what is 'suspect'
- protecting domestic and export markets and effective management of established plant pests.
If you see unusual symptoms on plants or if you suspect an exotic plant pest, it’s important to act quickly.
The role of Local Land Services
Local Land Services officers work closely with the NSW DPIRD Plant Biosecurity & Plant Systems unit to ensure a consistent, coordinated and strategic approach to plant biosecurity across the state of NSW.
Activities include:
- Maintaining regular and timely communication of priority pest status and incursion preparedness.
- Training in plant pest ID, sample submission protocols, monitoring and reporting- both internal & industry.
- Plant surveillance activities - both exotic and industry identified priority plant pests.
- Emergency response training.
Also see our plant biosecurity and on-farm biosecurity pages.
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