Austropuccinia psidii(PUCCPS)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2013: Present, restricted distribution
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/199) : an alert to this newly important pest. The record in South Africa is based only on rust symptoms, without specific identification.
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/245) : the presence of P. psidii was confirmed in May 2013 in an ornamental myrtaceous shrub (Myrtus communis) in a garden in KwaZulu-Natal province (Roux et al., 2013).
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/245) : the presence of P. psidii was confirmed in May 2013 in an ornamental myrtaceous shrub (Myrtus communis) in a garden in KwaZulu-Natal province (Roux et al., 2013).
* 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.
* Roux J, Greyling I, Coutinho TA, Verleur M, Wingfield MJ (2013) The myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, discovered in Africa. IMA Fungus 4(1), 155-159.
* Roux J, Greyling I, Coutinho TA, Verleur M, Wingfield MJ (2013) The myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, discovered in Africa. IMA Fungus 4(1), 155-159.