EPPO Global Database

Austropuccinia psidii(PUCCPS)

Distribution details in Australia (Northern Territory)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
First found in May 2015 on Melville Island, and then on the mainland in the outskirts of Darwin.
References
* Westaway JO (2016) The pathogen myrtle rust (Puccinia psidii) in the Northern Territory: First detection, new host and potential impacts. Northern Territory Naturalist 27, 13-28.