Phytosanitary risk tools

Our science-based tools can help improve the way trade-related plant pest risks are managed - protecting biosecurity and enabling market access
CSIRO's phytosanitary risk tools

CSIRO’s phytosanitary risk tools

CSIRO’s phytosanitary risk tools

Our knowledge centre provides access to scientific principles, methods, decision frameworks and quantitative tools to guide phytosanitary risk management for market access and biosecurity.

Our research contributes to the development, testing and harmonisation of the concepts and methods that underpin phytosanitary risk assessment and management, particularly to:

  • Categorise and quantify how individual phytosanitary measures contribute to reducing risks
  • Select the best phytosanitary measures to manage pests of concern
  • Validate the effectiveness of single measures or combinations of measures, using quantitative models
  • Develop comprehensive and rigorous data packages to support proposed market access protocols or other biosecurity regulations
  • Bring together data from multiple sources for more advanced analysis to support biosecurity decision-making

The tools can be used to:

  • Refine, simplify or more rigorously validate existing phytosanitary measures used to enable trade
  • Develop new market access protocols, including phytosanitary systems approaches
  • Assess the likely efficacy of protocols proposed in market access applications
  • Design rigorous risk management responses for wider biosecurity issues or incursions

Explore these pages to find out more.

An overview of the phytosanitary risk tools

Transcript available from: https://www.csiro.au/Health/Vimeo/Phytosanitary-Risk-Tools/video-transcript%20

CSIRO’s science-based tools are designed to help industry and regulators find the best ways to manage plant biosecurity risks related to trade. Here’s a quick overview of the risk framework and menu of phytosanitary measures at the heart of our work.

What tools are available now

Insect monitoring using pheromone lures in plastic tubing hung in fruit orchards

Site_Detect: a design tool for block-based pest surveillance

Site_Detect models optimal pest insect trapping strategies for effective surveillance at the farm scale

Cherries

PRReSTo – the pest risk reduction scenario tool

PRReSTO models pest infestation risk scenarios in commodities for trade and guides the selection of effective biosecurity measures

Mandarins on tree

Interactive menu of measures

Click on a highlighted ‘measure category’ to see detailed information from our draft Menu of Measures resource.

NSW Department of Primary Industries staff prepare samples of citrus for growth rooms

Comparative cost calculator

A prototype model to compare the costs of different phytosanitary risk management options

Apple packhouse

Inspection sampling calculator

This interactive calculator guides sampling rates for crop or consignment inspections to confidently detect pests in items for trade

Aerial view of orange orchard and grape vinyard

Menu of measures

This menu serves up a wide range of options for reducing biosecurity risks related to trade. It also outlines the evidence needed to demonstrate the efficacy of phytosanitary measures.

Cherry orchard in bloom, Tasmania

Phytosanitary risk framework

Our risk framework provides the basis to advance the scientific methods for phytosanitary risk management and enables quantitative analysis of risk reduction

Coming soon

More tools are being developed and will be posted soon.