Learn how to identify and address aquatic pests like bloodworms and aquatic snails in rice crops and understand the impacts.

Mice pose a significant threat and have been found in the rice growing regions. Populations are likely to increase substantially as the rice matures so monitoring and controlling of mice by agronomists and growers is encouraged.

Bakanae (Gibberella fujikuroi) is an exotic plant pest not present in Australia but is a serious threat to Australia’s rice industry. This resource outlines symptoms, disease cycle, hosts, distribution, actions to minimise risks and reporting.

Kernel smut of rice (Tilletia horrida) is an exotic plant pest not present in Australia but is a serious threat to Australia’s rice industry. This resource outlines symptoms, lifecycle, hosts, spread, distribution, actions to minimise risks and reporting.

Rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus) is an exotic plant pest not present in Australia but is a serious threat to Australia’s rice industry. This resource outlines a description, damage, lifecycle, hosts, distribution, actions to minimise risks and reporting.

Golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) is an exotic plant pest not present in Australia. This snail is a serious threat to Australia’s rice industry and also to the ecology of natural wetlands.

Rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea) is an exotic plant pest not present in the New South Wales Rice Biosecurity Zone but is a serious threat to Australia’s rice industry. This resource outlines hosts, symptoms, disease cycle, actions to minimise risks and reporting.

Bacterial panicle blight (Burkholderia glumae) is an exotic plant pest not present in Australia but this disease is a serious threat to Australia’s rice industry.

The common armyworm Leucania convecta (Mythimna convecta) was a localised and sporadic pest of rice until the 2011/12 rice season, but since that time it has become a much more consistent and widespread problem, particularly in the Murray Valley.

Mid-season drainage has been used by some rice growers particularly in the central and western Murray Valley for a number of years as a management tool to help avoid straighthead.