Lessons from the incursion of myrtle rust in Australia

AJ Carnegie, GS Pegg - Annual review of Phytopathology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) is a globally invasive neotropical rust of the Myrtaceae that
came into international prominence following extensive damage to exotic Eucalyptus …

Impact of Austropuccinia psidii in New Caledonia, a biodiversity hotspot

J Soewarto, F Carriconde, N Hugot, S Bocs… - Forest …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Myrtle rust, caused by the fungus Austropuccinia psidii, infects a wide range of host species
within the Myrtaceae family worldwide. Since its first report in 2013 from New Caledonia, the …

Chasing myrtle rust in New Zealand: Host range and distribution over the first year after invasion

M Toome-Heller, WWH Ho, RJ Ganley… - Australasian Plant …, 2020 - Springer
After the detection of the myrtle rust pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii, in New Zealand, a
biosecurity response was initiated, including a wide-spread surveillance programme …

Endangered species face an extra threat: susceptibility to the invasive pathogen Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) in Australia

KA Berthon, L Fernandez Winzer, K Sandhu… - Australasian Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) is an invasive fungus native to South America that infects
the young growing tissues of species in the Myrtaceae family, one of the dominant plant …

Unprecedented extinction of tree species by fungal disease

RJ Fensham, J Radford-Smith - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Myrtle rust is caused by the fungus Austropuccinia psidii and impacts some species in the
extremely large and mostly Gondwanic plant family, the Myrtaceae. Given the location of its …

Austropuccinia psidii on the move: survey based insights to its geographical distribution, host species, impacts and management in Australia

L Fernandez Winzer, KA Berthon, AJ Carnegie… - Biological …, 2019 - Springer
Austropuccinia psidii is a plant fungus native to South and Central America which causes
myrtle rust disease, affecting the growth and reproduction of species in the Myrtaceae family …

Monitoring Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) on New Zealand Myrtaceae in native forest

R Sutherland, J Soewarto, R Beresford… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2020 - JSTOR
Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) was first detected on mainland Aotearoa (New Zealand) in
2017 and has established in various urban areas and native forests. To understand the …

Impact of the invasive rust Puccinia psidii (myrtle rust) on native Myrtaceae in natural ecosystems in Australia

AJ Carnegie, A Kathuria, GS Pegg, P Entwistle… - Biological …, 2016 - Springer
The invasive rust Puccinia psidii (myrtle rust) was detected in Australia in 2010 and is now
established along the east coast from southern New South Wales to far north Queensland …

Imminent extinction of Australian Myrtaceae by fungal disease

RJ Fensham, AJ Carnegie, B Laffineur… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Myrtle rust is a fungal disease that has spread rapidly across the globe, arriving in Australia
in 2010. The tree species Rhodomyrtus psidioides is nearly extinct in the wild as a result of …

First Report of Myrtle Rust Caused by Austropuccinia psidii on Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Myrtaceae) from Singapore

E du Plessis, AR McTaggart, GM Granados… - Plant …, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
Austropuccinia psidii (formerly Puccinia psidii) causes rust on species of Myrtaceae. Since
2006, different genotypes of A. psidii have spread to countries in the Pacific and to South …