EPPO Global Database

Austropuccinia psidii(PUCCPS)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/199) : an alert to this newly important pest.
References
* Almeida RF, Machado PS, Damacena MB, Santos SA, Guimaraes LMS, Klopfenstein NB, Alfenas AC (2021) A new, highly aggressive race of Austropuccinia psidii infects a widely planted, myrtle rust- resistant, eucalypt genotype in Brazil. Forest Pathology. 51, e12679. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12679
------- Young trees of a resistant hybrid (E. grandis x E. urophylla - clone GG100) were found infected in Minas Gerais.

* Alfenas AC, Zauza EAV, Assis TF (2003) First record of Puccinia psidii on Eucalyptus globulus and E. viminalis in Brazil. Australasian Plant Pathology 32, 325–326.
------- In the region of Guaiba (Rio Grande do Sul).

* Bernardi C, Santos Rey M, Wagner Jr A, Bernardi Lima N, Rovaris Biz D, da Rosa V, Perboni AT, Conceição PC (2023) First report of myrtle rust caused by Austropuccinia psidii in Campomanesia guazumifolia (Camb.) Berg in Brazil. Plant Disease 107(8), 2552-2553. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-22-2878-PDN

* Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Alfenas AC, Crous PW (1998) Eucalyptus rust: A disease with the potential for serious international implications. Plant Disease 82(7), 819-825.

* Graça RN, Ross-Davis AL, Klopfenstein NB, Kim MS, Peever TL, Cannon PG, Aun CP, Mizubuti ESG, Alfenas AC (2013) Rust disease of eucalypts, caused by Puccinia psidii, did not originate via host jump from guava in Brazil. Molecular Ecology. 22 (24), 6033-6047.

* Joffily J (1944) Ferrugem do eucalipto. Bragantia 4(8), 475-487.
------- On Eucalyptus citriodora in Rio de Janeiro.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...
Colombia Present, no details view...
Paraguay Present, no details view...
Uruguay Present, no details view...
Venezuela Present, no details view...