A-Z list of Significant List of Plant Diseases and Pests

Common name	Scientific name	Organism	Affects	Biosecurity program	Emerging/ exotic/ notifiable*
African citrus psyllid	Trioza erytreae	Insect	All cultivars of Citrus. Murraya (native and ornamental forms of mock orange or orange jasmine) and a range of ornamentals.	Surveillance	Exotic2
Ash whitefly	Siphoninus phillyreae	Insect	Ornamentals and fruit crops	Surveillance	Emerging*3
Asiatic citrus psyllid	Diaphorina citri	Insect	All cultivars of Citrus. Murraya (native and ornamental forms of mock orange or orange jasmine) and Bergera koenigii (curry leaf). Also a range of ornamentals.	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Banana freckle	Phyllosticta musarum and Guignardia musae	Fungus	Severe infection results in yellowing of the leaf, which withers and dies.	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Black Sigatoka	Mycosphaerella fijiensis	Fungus	Bananas	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Branched broomrape (Australian Government DAFF website)	Orobanche ramosa	Parasitic weed	Broadleaf crops, broadleaf weeds, native plants	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Bunchy top	Banana bunchy top virus	Virus	Bananas	Surveillance	Emerging*3, notifiable*
Citrus canker	Xanthomonas axonopodis	Bacteria	Citrus	Surveillance	Exotic*2 , notifiable*
Citrus fruit borer	Citripestis sagittiferella	Insect	Citrus and other plants in the Rutaceae	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Citrus greening (Huanglongbing)	Candidatus liberobacter spp.	Bacteria	Citrus	Surveillance	Exotic*2 , notifiable*
Citrus powdery mildew	Oidium tingitaninum and O. citri	Fungus	Citrus	Surveillance	Exotic2
Citrus scab	Elsinoe australis	Fungus	Citrus	Surveillance	Exotic2
Citrus tristeza virus	Citrus tristeza closterovirus (CTV): mandarin stem pitting strains	Virus	Citrus	Surveillance	Exotic2
Cocoa pod borer	Conopomorpha cramerella	Insect of the family Gracillariidae	Cocoa, rambutan and longan	Plant Biosecurity and Product Integrity	Emerging
Electric ants	Wasmannia auropunctata	Ant	Environment	Eradication and control	Exotic*2, notifiable*
European house borer	Hylotrupes	Insect	Seasoned pine timber	Surveillance	Exotic*
Fire ants	Solenopsis invicta	Ant	Environment	Eradication and control	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Fusarium head blight	Caused by Fusarium species	In wheat mainly Fusarium graminearum andF. pseudogram- inearum	Wheat and barley	No	No; endemic and sporadic
Fusarium stalk rot	Caused by Fusarium species	Mainly Fusarium thapsinum and F. andyaze	Sorghum	No	No; endemic and common
Giant African snail	Achatina fulica	Gastropod	Environment	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Grape phylloxera	Daktulosphaira vitifoliae	Insect	Grapes	Surveillance	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Grapevine leaf rust	Phakopsora euvitis	Fungus	Grapes	Surveillance	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Mal secco	Phoma tracheiphila	Fungus	Citrus	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Mango leaf gall midge	Prontarinia spp.	Insect	Mangoes	Surveillance	Emerging
Mango leafhopper	Idioscopus nitidulus and I. clypealis	Insect	Mangoes	Surveillance	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Mango malformation disease	Fusarium mangiferae and other Fusarium spp.	Fungus	Mangoes	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Mango stem miner	Spulerina isonoma	Insect	Mangoes	Surveillance	Emerging*3
Mango weevil	Sternochetus frigidus	Insect	Mangoes	Surveillance	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Mediterranean fruit fly	Ceratitis capitata	Insect	Fruit and vegetables, esp. stone fruit	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Melon fly	Bactrocera cucurbitae	Insect	Fruit and vegetables, esp. cucurbits and beans	Surveillance	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Melon thrips	Thrips palmi	Insect	Fruit and vegetables	Surveillance	Emerging*3
Myrtle rust	Puccinia psidii	Fungus	Complete host range not known; however, it has been identified on Melaleuca, Syzygium and Eugenia sp.	Surveillance	Emerging*3
Navel orangeworm	Amyelois transitella	Insect	Citrus, English walnuts, pistachio, almonds and grapes	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Panama disease	Fusarium oxysprorum f. sp. cubense Fusarium species	Fungus	Bananas	Surveillance Control	Exotic*2, notifiable* Emerging*3
Papaya fruit fly See also: Winning the war against papaya fruit fly	Bactrocera papayae	Insect	Fruit and vegetables	Surveillance	Exotic, notifiable*
Papaya ringspot	Virus type P (PRSV-P)	Virus	Papaya and cucurbits	Control	Emerging*3
Pierce's disease and glassy winged sharpshooter	Xylella fastidiosa	Bacteria	Grapes	Surveillance	Exotic*2 , notifiable*
Plum pox (sharka)		Virus	Stonefruit	Surveillance	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Potato cyst nematode	Globodera rostochiensis (Wall.) Skarbilovich	Nematode	Potato plants and other members of the solanaceous plant family	Surveillance	Emerging*2, notifiable*
Red banded mango caterpillar	Deanolis sublimbalis	Insect	Mangoes	Surveillance and control	Exotic*2, notifiable*
Silverleaf whitefly	Bemisia tabaci biotype B	Insect	Range of ornamental and crop plants	Surveillance	Emerging*3
South African citrus thrips	Scirtothrips aurantii	Insect	Ornamental and fruit crops, esp. citrus	Surveillance	Emerging*3, notifiable*
Southern red mite	Oligonychus ilicus	Insect	Range	Surveillance	Exotic*2
Spiralling whitefly	Aleurodicus dispersus	Insect	Range	Surveillance	Emerging*3
Thrips and topovirus	Thysanoptera : Thripidae	Insect	Vegetables and fruit	Plant health pest and disease	Emerging*3
Vegetable leafminer	Liriomyza sativae	Insect	Common horticultural crops and ornamental plant species, esp. tomatoes, pumpkins and beans	Surveillance	Emerging*2
Yellow crazy ant	Anoplolepis gracilipes	Ant	Environment	Eradication and control	Exotic*2