Biological control agent risk analyses, as opposed to plant commodity import risk analyses, do not assess the probability of entry, establishment and spread.
Biological control agents intended for release are deliberately introduced, distributed, aided to establish and spread. Therefore it would be inappropriate to assess the probability of entry, establishment and spread. Biological control agent risk analyses focus only on off-target effects, as this is the only concern with regard to the release of biological control agents.
Current risk analyses
There are no current risk analyses available.
Completed risk analyses
Finalised risk analyses undertaken by the department:
- Risk analysis report for the release of Neoramulariopsis unguis-cati for the biological control of Dolichandra unguis-cati
- Risk analysis report for the release of Acaciothrips ebneri for the biological control of Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica
- Risk analysis report for the release of Stomphastis thraustica for the biological control of Jatropha gossypiifolia
- Risk analysis report for the release of Puccinia rapipes for the biological control of Lycium ferocissimum
- Risk analysis report for the release of Puccinia cnici-oleracei (ex. Conyza) for the biological control of Conyza bonariensis
- Risk analysis report for the release of Hydrotimetes natans for the biological control of Cabomba caroliniana
- Risk analysis report for the release of Venturia paralias for the biological control of Euphorbia paralias
- Risk analysis report for the release of Listronotus appendiculatus for the biological control of Sagittaria platyphylla and Sagittaria calycina
- Risk analysis report for the release of Puccinia spegazzinii for the biological control of Mikania micrantha
- Risk analysis report for the release of Kordyana brasiliensis for the biological control of Tradescantia fluminensis
- Risk analysis report for the release of Cecidochares connexa for the biological control of Chromolaena odorata
- Risk analysis report for the release of Dactylopius tomentosus ‘fulgida’ biotype for the biological control of Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata
- Risk analysis report for the release of Tachardiaephagus somervillei for the biological control of yellow lac scale (Tachardina aurantiaca)
- Risk analysis report for the release of Baeodromus eupatorii for the biological control of the weed Ageratina adenophora
- Risk analysis report for the release of Eueupithecia cisplatensis for the biological control of Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata)
- Risk analysis report for the release of Eueupithecia sp.2 for the biological control of the weed Parkinsonia aculeata
- Risk analysis for the release of Plectonycha correntina for the biological control of Madeira vine
- Risk analysis report for the release of the parasitoid wasp Mastrus ridens for the biological control of codling moth (Cydia pomonella)
- Risk analysis report to consider a proposal for the release of the tortricid moth Cydia succedana for the biological control of gorse (Ulex europaeus)