About the app
PestFacts WA Reporter app aims to provide growers and advisors with information on invertebrate grain pest occurrences and equip industry with the necessary knowledge to implement integrated pest management practices.
Reporting only takes a few seconds. All common crop types and disorders can be selected from lists within the app, so reporting is quick.
If you do not know the identity of the insect or plant disease, attach up to three photos, add extra information in the comments section, and request a department expert to call or email the identification.
If you are out of mobile range, the app will send your report as soon as it gets a connection.
Features
- Quick and easy reports, and identification requests, to the department.
- Easy registration process.
- Attach up to three photos when confirming or requesting identification of an insect or plant disease in a crop or pasture.
- Make a report when you don’t have mobile coverage.
- If finding the same pest or plant disease in multiple locations, re-use historical reports to save time reporting.
- Use your mobile device location or describe the disorder location using the location comment box.
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How to use the app
The PestFacts Reporter WA app allows users to quickly report, or request identification of, broadacre insects and plant diseases to the department.
The PestFacts WA service, which includes the PestFacts WA newsletter and map, relies on our input and observations to alert the WA grains industry of pests and plant diseases that are a threat to WA broadacre crops and pastures.
- To make a report, complete the selections for occurrence date, location, host plant, and disorder. Choose the host and disorder from the relevant lists. To save time scrolling, filter lists by the category option at the bottom of the screen.
- If you do not know the insect or plant disease that you are reporting, select ‘ID uncertain’ in the Disorder list, attach up to 3 photos, and include additional information in the Comments box to help us identify the disease. For example, chewing symptoms, location of problem in the paddock, and paddock history.
- You may also add other information from the lists, such as crop variety, crop growth stage, and severity of problem.
- Click ‘View and submit report’, check your inputs, and select whether you would like us to contact you via phone or email to make an identification or discuss your report.
- You may remain anonymous if you do not want your name mentioned in the PestFacts WA e-newsletter.
- You can send reports without a mobile connection – the app will save your report and send it as soon as you’re in mobile range.
- If you don't know what an insect or plant disease is, ask one of our experts to phone or email you with a diagnosis.
This app replaces the former PestFax Reporter app.
PestFacts WA Reporter app was developed by DPIRD as part of the IPMforGrains: Best Practice Insect Pest Management project which is delivered by the National Pest Information Network (Cesar Australia, DPIRD, QDAF, NSW DPI and SARDI). This initiative is a GRDC investment and includes in-kind contributions from all project partner organisations.
Acknowledgements
PestFacts WA Reporter app was developed by the department as part of the IPMforGrains project, which is delivered by the National Pest Information Network, comprising Cesar Australia, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Forestry, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, and South Australian Research and Development Institute.
This initiative is a GRDC investment and includes in-kind contributions from all project partner organisations.
This app is now part of the Seasonal status of pests and disesases delivered to growers project DAW2404-005RTX which is a GRDC co-investment.
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We welcome comments and suggestions from the PestFacts WA user community.
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