Plant pests and diseases

Our laboratories can provide plant pathogen and insect identification including all insects, fungi, and plant bacteria. Our specialist plant pathologists and entomologists have the backing of the Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, which houses Australia’s largest collection of agriculturally significant insects, fungi, and plant bacteria.

Healthy plants for healthy profits

Improve the health and profitability of your crop, pasture or nursery enterprise with the Plant Health Diagnostic Service. Our service comprises of a statewide network of laboratories staffed by specialist pathologists, bacteriologists, mycologists and entomologists experts in a wide range of crop, pasture and horticultural pests and diseases. Our laboratories can provide pathogen and insect identification including all insects, fungi, and plant bacteria.

Plant Health Diagnostic Service can:

• save you expenditure on unnecessary or incorrect chemicals,
• help ensure your produce achieves best quality and, therefore, best market price, and
• assist you to implement best practice pest and disease control.

Key functions of our service include:

• diagnosis of crop disease and disorders,
• identification of insect and mite problems,
• chemical resistance testing, and
• active surveillance for emerging and exotic diseases.

For more information contact one of our customer service units or your local district Agronomist or District Horticulturist. Sample submission forms and packing instructions can be downloaded or printed from here for your convenience.