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Myrtle rust: iNaturalist reports from last season
30 June 2021
It was a busy season for gardeners, trampers, scientists, and myrtle rust this past summer. There were many new observations of the fungal disease affecting the country’s Myrtaceae plant species thanks to keen New Zealanders out and about recording sightings of disease symptoms.
Between 1 November ...
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Myrtle rust find reported in Christchurch
1 June 2021
The recent find of myrtle rust on a mature hedge in residential Christchurch marks a new southern point for the likely establishment of the disease. Previous sightings in this area have been on plants purchased in nurseries in other regions and relocated to Christchurch.
David Havell, a technical ...
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Trans-Tasman collaboration unlocks genetic secrets behind myrtle rust
30 April 2021
In a trans-Tasman collaboration, scientists have sequenced the genome of Austropuccinia psidii, the fungus responsible for the disease myrtle rust, and produced the world’s largest assembled fungal genome.
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Alby Marsh - bringing people together to help fight myrtle rust
1 April 2021
“There’s a saying in Maoridom,” says Alby Marsh, Māori Relationship Manager at Plant & Food Research (PFR). “Kāore te kūmara e kōrero mō tōna ake reka - the kumara doesn’t talk about how sweet it is. The hardest part for me about interviews like this is talking about myself.”
Alby lets his life’s ...
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Mature native trees now dying
29 January 2021
The death of a mature ramarama (Lophomyrtus bullata) tree on the East Cape. Image: Roanne Sutherland, Scion
The first known case of mature tree death due to myrtle rust infection has been observed in the East Cape of Aotearoa New Zealand, suggesting localized extinction for some native myrtles coul...
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Field work season ramping up for the Beyond Myrtle Rust programme
29 January 2021
Young Lophomyrtus bullata (ramarama) plants in dense Taranaki forest, awaiting examination by the Beyond Myrtle rust team.
After a year of interruptions by COVID-19 lockdowns, researchers from the ‘Ecosystem Impacts’ research aim of the Beyond Myrtle Rust Programme are embarking on the first fieldw...
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Student sets his sights on Myrtaceae vines
29 January 2021
Master's student Hone Ropata is researching how myrtle rust could impact aka (vine) species, while working as a part of the Plant & Food research team. We had a chat to learn more about his mahi.
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Marley Ford, a student of ecology's underdogs
2 November 2020
Study set to reveal friendly fungal root associates of ramarama, a species hard-hit by myrtle rust
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Microscopic epiphytes may help in the war against myrtle rust
2 November 2020
Fungi and bacteria associating with native myrtle plants could slow the spread of the potentially fatal disease. Researcher Hayley Ridgway discusses how.
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Researchers predict refuges from myrtle rust
12 October 2020
Researchers identify 'refugia' where myrtle species may escape the onslaught of the disease in a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology
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