Around a decade ago, an invasive fungal disease called myrtle rust reached Australia and began to spread like a plague through certain plants. The disease affects plants of the Myrtaceae family, which ...

While cane toads creep across northern Australia and down the eastern coastline, a far more insidious invasive species is ravaging our native trees. Scientists say four species are in "catastrophic ...

The fungal disease myrtle rust has now spread to lemon myrtle plantations on the NSW North Coast. These are the first incursions of the fungus on a crop since it was detected last April in a nursery ...

A newly identified Australian tree has been dubbed the “zombie” tree because it’s alive but unable to reproduce. Myrtle rust ...

Myrtle rust never sleeps and, for a while it seems, neither did Plant & Food Research scientist Dr Rob Beresford, who spent the month of June poring through research articles, crunching data and ...

The discovery of myrtle rust infecting two mature trees in Ōtorohanga has prompted a reminder from Waikato Regional Council for sightings of the disease to be reported. The Ministry for Primary ...

The sacred pohutukawa that marks Tainui's birthplace is under threat from myrtle rust. But the official guardian - Otorohanga District Council - isn't rushing to check it for infection from the ...

Researchers fear spread of invasive disease could be disastrous for Australia’s diverse plant life and are calling for urgent national response An invasive fungus attacking some of Australia’s most ...

MPI staffers examine plants at Kerikeri Plant Production for signs of the fungal disease myrtle rust. Biosecurity response to discovery of myrtle rust at Kerikeri Plant Production, Riddell Rd, Keriker ...

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Myrtle rust has been found in a Taranaki plant nursery, the Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed. Symptoms of the devastating fungal infection were found on young plants in a nursery in ...

Plant-killing fungal disease myrtle rust has been found in a new area of the Waikato region, the Ministry for Primary Industries says. When winter set in slowing the disease's progress, there had been ...