EPPO Global Database

Austropuccinia psidii(PUCCPS)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/199) : an alert to this newly important pest.

First report in California (2011), Florida (2013).
References
* 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.

* Graca RN, Ross-Davis AL, Kim MS, Alfenas AC, Peever TL, Cannon PG, Klopfenstein NB (2010) Molecular population genetics of guava rust Puccinia psidii, an invasive pathogen of native Hawaiian forests and a potential threat to eucalypts worldwide (abst.). Phytopathologia Mediterranea 49(3), 429-430.

* Rayamajhi MB, Pratt PD, Klopfenstein NB, Ross-Davis AL, Rodgers L (2013) First report of Puccinia psidii caused rust disease epiphytotic on tphe invasive shrub Rhodomyrtus tomentosa in Florida. Plant Disease 97(10), 1379-1380.

* Zambino PJ, Nolan PA (2011) First report of rust caused by Puccinia psidii on paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia in California. Plant Disease 95(10), p 1314.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, few occurrences view...