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2022 Beyond Myrtle Rust news

  1. Myrtle Rust found on the Chatham Islands

    Myrtle rust has been found on the Chatham Islands. This disease, caused by the invasive fungus Austropuccinia psidii, impacts plants in the Myrtaceae family (myrtles) including iconic New Zealand species like pōhutukawa. However there are no endemic Myrtaceae on the islands and the find was made on ...

  2. The spores next door: student to investigate ‘pathogen spillover’ effect for myrtle rust

    Ngaio Balfour, a Beyond Myrtle Rust student, is in the second year of her Master’s. Based at Scion for her field and lab work, she started her field work in January this year, focusing on ‘pathogen spillover’ and pathogen genetics.

  3. Trees that once saved land from development now threatened by myrtle rust

    Bushglen Reserve is an unassuming patch of nature nestled in Auckland’s Browns Bay. It doesn’t have a playground or a picnic area or even a map of the many scattered paths. But it has one thing that few other reserves can boast –maire tawake, also known as swamp maire. These Threatened-Nationally Cr...

  4. Myrtaceae – an “important” family for a carbon-neutral future

    Did you know that the plant family Myrtaceae is one of the most ecologically important families in Aotearoa New Zealand’s woody ecosystems? Researchers used abundance, species richness, and plant traits like wood density to determine how valuable these plants really are to our ecosystems and uncover...

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