EPPO Global Database

Melampsora medusae(MELMME)

Distribution details in Zimbabwe

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 547 (1991): Present, no details
From NPPO: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
Despite the recently published record, the Zimbabwean Plant Protection Service does not confirm.
References
* Trench TN, Baxter AP, Churchill H (1987) Report of Melampsora medusae on Populus deltoides in Southern Africa. Plant Disease 71, 761.
------- On Populus deltoides during 1985-86.

* Trench, T. N.; Baxter, A. P.; Churchill, H. (1988) South African Forestry Journal No. 144, 6-9.
------- On Populus deltoides var. missouriensis.