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Fungus-eating fungus found on myrtle rust: your sightings wanted!
22 November 2022
Have you seen this mycoparasite?
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PhD student on the hunt for mycoparasites
22 November 2022
PhD student Dan Cu is underway with the Beyond Myrtle Rust team. She will be investigating the fungal communities living on the leaves and in the leaf tissue of Myrtaceous species in hopes of finding fungi that are antagonists of myrtle rust.
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Trans-Tasman collaboration key for tackling myrtle rust: NZ sits on new Australian working group
4 October 2022
Critically endangered Australian native Rhodamnia rubescens showing the consequences of myrtle rust. Image: Geoff Pegg
The federal government in Australia has recently formed a new working group to help with efforts to combat the plant disease myrtle rust. The group’s work is urgent - the causal ag...
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Myrtle rust on iNaturalist: observations on the increase
22 September 2022
iNaturalist continues to play an important role in tracking disease developments across New Zealand and an increase in reports is expected as the weather warms up. We review reports from last season, as researchers, gardeners, and keen myrtle-rust spotters gear up for the next.
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Rātā vines: beautiful and vulnerable
26 August 2022
Metrosideros is a genus in the Myrtaceae family that has about 50 species, found mostly in the Pacific region. In New Zealand, the most well-known Metrosideros are our large trees, including the iconic pōhutukawa (M. excelsa), northern rātā (M. robusta) and southern rātā (M. umbellata). However, hal...
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Sexual, heterothallic, and tetrapolar - oh my!
18 May 2022
A recent study by Australian and Brazilian researchers has found Austropuccinia psidii, the fungus that causes myrtle rust, likely uses a mode of reproduction that could lead to rapid evolution of the pathogen. This, in turn, could increase the threat myrtle rust poses to Myrtaceae species.
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Exciting developments in Beyond Myrtle Rust research
3 May 2022
May 2022 marks the five-year anniversary of the arrival of myrtle rust in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Beyond Myrtle Rust research programme began in 2018, just over a year into the incursion. The programme has built on pre-incursion research from both Australia and New Zealand and has provided a solid...
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Myrtle Rust found on the Chatham Islands
20 April 2022
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 ...
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The spores next door: student to investigate ‘pathogen spillover’ effect for myrtle rust
24 March 2022
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.
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Trees that once saved land from development now threatened by myrtle rust
21 February 2022
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...
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