Crop Diseases
- Verticillium wilt (Verticilium dahliae)
- Wheat stripe rust (Puccinia striiforms f. sp. Tritici)
- Wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici)
- Stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)
Invasive Weeds
- Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
- Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus)
Horticulture Pests
- Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni)
- Oriental Fruit Fly* (Bactrocera dorsalis)
- Serpentine Leaf Miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis)
* not currently in NSW, potential future impact
Livestock Parasites
- Culicoides biting midge (Culicoides brevitarsis (vector for Blue Tongue disease))
- Cattle tick (Rhipicephalus microplus)
- Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina)
- Buffalo Fly (Haematobia exigua)
- Barbers Pole Worm (Haemonchus contortus)
References
1 NSW State of Biosecurity, 2017
2 AAS, Australian Academy of Sciences (2019). Australia’s silent invaders. https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/invasive-species
3 NSW State of Biosecurity, 2017
4 McFadyen, R. (2007). Invasive plants and climate change. Briefing notes. Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed management, Adelaide
5 Navie, S.C., McFadyen, R.E., Panetta, F.D. and Adkins, S.W. (1996). The biology of Australian weeds. 27. Parthenium hysterophorus L. Plant Protection Quarterly 11, 76-88.
6 Boorman, D. (2009). Pasture grasses Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Rudge) Nees (hymenachne) and Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) A.S. Hitchc. cv ‘Amity’ (aleman grass) and the potential for spread of invasive weeds. Proceedings of the 15th Biennial NSW Weeds Conference, 9 pp. Weed Society of New South Wales, Narrabri.