APPS PORTAL
Pest & Disease Fact Sheets
Documents
| Title↕ | Description↕ | Updated↓ |
|---|---|---|
| Downy mildew in production nurseries (2025) | Downy mildews attack a wide range of plants and are responsible for leaf spots and blights, causing eventual plant collapse and death, and can cause considerable losses in nursery production crops. This fact sheet provides information on the symptoms, identification, host range, life cycle, spread, disease management and chemical treatment of downy mildew in production nurseries. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Powdery mildew: A myriad of nursery pathogens (2025) | Powdery mildew is a widespread and important disease of many nursery plants. This fact sheet provides information on symptoms, identification, host range, life cycle, spread, disease management, and chemical treatment of powdery mildew in production nurseries. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Disinfection guidelines for seeders and transplanters (June 2025) | This resource describes the types of seeders used in production nursery environments, and how seeders should be cleaned and disinfected thoroughly to help prevent the spread of pests and diseases. Included is a list of products currently registered as disinfectants for equipment (at the time of writing, June 2025). | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Disinfection guidelines for glasshouses and polytunnels (June 2025) | This resource discusses why disinfection is important and lists the steps involved in the disinfection process. Information is provided on managing risk areas and managing viruses in a glasshouse production environment. A list of registered products (at time of writing, June 2025) that can be used as disinfectants is included. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Fact Sheet: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) | This fact sheet provides information on tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), including its host range, symptoms, transmission and management. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| An emerging endemic plant pest: chilli thrips (<i>Scirtothrips dorsalis</i>) (June 2021) | This fact sheet looks at the damage that can be caused by chilli thrips, and its host range, life cycle, and management strategies. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| <i>Botrytis</i> management in production nurseries (2025) | Botrytis fungi can cause severe damage in many nursery crops, especially those in the species complex Botrytis cinerea. The factsheet provides information on disease symptoms, life cycle, disease management, cultural control and chemical control. A list of products for use against botrytis relevant to production nurseries is included (those registered at the time of writing, 2025). | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Managing a plant fungus in nursery production (December 2020) | This Nursery Paper provides an overview of the symptoms, diagnosis, management and prevention of a plant fungus, using Thielaviopsis basicola (black root rot) as an example. This disease can be found worldwide and has been identified as a major problem in Australian production nurseries since 1993. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer: <i>Euwallacea fornicatus</i> (October 2022) | Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) is a complex organism that carries the fungal disease Fusarium euwallaceae. Native to Asia, in August 2021 it was detected in Western Australia. This Nursery Paper describes the pest and reviews host plants, reproductive and non-reproductive hosts, symptoms in affected plants, insect phenology, monitoring of the pest and the prevention of pest spread. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Guava root-knot nematode (May 2023) | This Nursery Paper provides information on the life cycle, host range, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and management of guava root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii, a plant-parasitic nematode that attacks the roots of a wide range of crops. The paper includes images of the pest and of affected plants. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest ID tool redesigned and relaunching (May 2024) | Identifying and managing pests, diseases and weeds quickly is vital to maintaining a profitable plant production business. The Pest ID Tool has been developed by Nursery & Garden Industry. Queensland (NGIQ), with support from Greenlife Industry Australia, Plant Health Australia and nursery levy funds through Hort Innovation. Upgrades and expansion have made the resource even more valuable for nursery plant producers. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| To dip or not to dip: Foot baths (June 2024) | This Nursery Paper explains why hygiene is the most basic platform for ensuring pest and disease-free growing areas and producing the best quality stock for sale to customers. Nursery hygiene issues in the propagation and production phases can cause problems that persist for the lifespan of the plants, which may be several decades in the case of woody species. Topics covered include successful foot bath implementation, disinfectant chemicals, vehicle baths, | 7 Dec 2025 |
| How to reduce pest and disease pathways into your nursery (December 2024) | Plant pests are an everyday part of running a plant production nursery. Even the most careful grower can experience an incursion. Managing pathways into to your business is more important than ever with Australia experiencing more and more biosecurity threats each year. This Nursery Paper looks at how pests get in, and the processes of reporting emergency plant pests and implementing a biosecurity system. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Nematodes | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Nematodes | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Two Spotted Mite | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Two Spotted Mite | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Scarab Beetle | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Scarab Beetle | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Leaf Beetles | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Leaf Beetles | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Western Flower Thrips | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Western Flower Thrips | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Silverleaf Whitefly | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Silverleaf Whitefly | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Scale Insects: Hard and Soft Scale | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Scale Insects: Hard and Soft Scale | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Scale Insects | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Scale Insects | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Green Peach Aphid | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Green Peach Aphid | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Glassy Winged Sharpshooter | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Glassy Winged Sharpshooter | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Gall Producing Insects | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Gall Producing Insects | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Cycad Blue Butterfly | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Cycad Blue Butterfly | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Asian Citrus Psyllid | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Asian Citrus Psyllid | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Aphids | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Aphids | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Mealybug | Mealybugs are a specific type of scale insect fromthe family Pseudococcidae. They often secrete athin covering of mealy wax across their body, hencetheir common name. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Phytophthora ramorum | This fact sheet reviews the biology, host range, symptoms, distribution and potential impact of the plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum on Australian greenlife production. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Fungal Leaf Spot | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Fungal Leaf Spot | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Phytophthora | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Phytophthora | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Gummy Stem Blight on Cucurbit Transplants | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Gummy Stem Blight on Cucurbit Transplants | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Dutch Elm Disease | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Dutch Elm Disease | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Colletotrichum | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Colletotrichum | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Alternaria | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Alternaria | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Pierces Disease | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Pierces Disease | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Huanglongbing (HLB) | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Huanglongbing (HLB) | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Fireblight | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Fireblight | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Bacteria | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Bacteria | 7 Dec 2025 |