EPPO Global Database

Austropuccinia psidii(PUCCPS)

Distribution details in Australia (New South Wales)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2010
Comments
First found in April 2010.
References
* Carnegie AJ (2015) First report of Puccinia psidii (myrtle rust) in Eucalyptus plantations in Australia. Plant Disease 99(1), 161 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-14-0901-PDN

* Carnegie AJ, Lidbetter JR (2012) Rapidly expanding host range for Puccinia psidii sensu lato in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 41(1), 13-29 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-011-0082-6

* Morin L, Aveyard R, Lidbetter JR, Wilson PG (2012) Investigating the host-range of the rust fungus Puccinia psidii sensu lato across tribes of the family Myrtaceae present in Australia. PlosOne 7(4), e35434.