PaDIL

About PaDIL - Overview

PaDIL (Pests and Diseases Image Library) is a Commonwealth Government initiative with support provided by DAFF (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) and PHA (Plant Health Australia), a non-profit public company.

Project partners also include Museum Victoria, the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and the Queensland University of Technology.

Additional image providers include: Dr Laurence Mound (ANIC, CSIRO); Dr Roger Shivas (Queensland Department of Primary Industries); and Dr Mallik Malipatil (Agriculture Victoria, Department of Primary Industries).

PaDIL’s primary aims:

Production of high quality images showing primarily exotic targeted organisms of plant health concern to Australia.
Assist with plant health diagnostics in all areas, from initial to high level.
Capacity building for diagnostics in plant health, including linkage developments between training and research organisations.
Create and use educational tools for training undergraduates/postgraduates.
Engender public awareness about plant health concerns in Australia.