EPPO Global Database

Puccinia horiana(PUCCHN)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1986
From CABI Disease map 403 (2008): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Declared absent despite interception reports. Outbreak in Victoria in 1986.

From country itself (1992): widespread following introduction in 1986. Under active control in Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
References
* Catley, A. (1987) Outbreak of Chrysanthemum white rust in Australia.FAO Plant Protection Bulletin 35 (3), 99.
------- Detected for the first time in Australia in a nursery in Victoria in Nov. 1986. Subsequently found in all states. Origin of outbreak unknown.

* Walker J (1983) Distribution and spread of Puccinia horiana and its absence from Australia at present. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 81, 664-667.