About Us
We're a community network…
PestNet is a community network that helps people throughout the world obtain rapid advice and information on plant protection. Topics include pest identification from digital images, pest outbreak alerts, pest management (biological, cultural, and chemical), and biosecurity matters.
Keeping up todate
Our community submissions
On our apps, several times a week, posts/submissions are provided of interest from the world’s press, online journals and websites. PestNet users include crop growers, extension officers, researchers, and quarantine officers.
Our history
PestNet
It was established over 20 years ago using the Yahoo! Groups email service. (now defunct).
Initially, it focused on Pacific island countries, but now anyone needing advice on pests, diseases or weeds, anywhere in the world, is welcome to join.
It is backed by plant pathologists, entomologists, agronomists, with years of experience. All messages are moderated.
Fact sheets
PestNet started writing pest fact sheets 15 years ago and there are now more than 500 in the app.
Here, there is also a Pacific focus, but many of the fact sheets are relevant for other regions too.
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A summary of the messages sent to PestNet from 1999 to 2017 can be found here.
View summary of message from 1999-2017
App Development
The online PestNet Community joined forces with another PestNet entity — Pacific Pests, Pathogen & Weeds (PPP+W) fact sheets.
The two apps are available:
+ online
+ for mobile devices from Google Play and the Apple Store.
You can now access the fact sheets while using the PestNet Community, and access the PestNet community from within every fact sheet.
Download the mobile app.
