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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melaleuca infected with myrtle rust. Louise Shuey Around a decade ago, an invasive fungal disease called myrtle rust reached ...

Testing by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has today revealed myrtle rust infection at a plant nursery in Taranaki. The nursery in Waitara (just north of New Plymouth) reported suspected ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. It is believed myrtle rust has spread across Rockhampton and into Gladstone, with outbreaks also confirmed ...

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 ...

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 ...

A total of 174 cases of myrtle rust have been found in the Bay of Plenty, 18 more than in December last year, and most of the infection sites are in Te Puke and Bethlehem. The Bay of Plenty is the ...

The invader was first spotted on the NSW central coast near Gosford in April last year. Since then myrtle rust has spread to forests, nurseries and gardens along Australia's east coast. The rust, ...

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