A fast-spreading fungal disease has left the newly named Australian "zombie tree" unable to produce flowers, fruit or seeds, ...

Myrtle rust never sleeps and, for a while it seems, neither did Plant & Food Research scientist Dr Rob Beresford, who spent the month of June poring through research articles, crunching data and ...

The sacred pohutukawa that marks Tainui's birthplace is under threat from myrtle rust. But the official guardian - Otorohanga District Council - isn't rushing to check it for infection from the ...

The discovery of myrtle rust infecting two mature trees in Ōtorohanga has prompted a reminder from Waikato Regional Council for sightings of the disease to be reported. The Ministry for Primary ...

MPI staffers examine plants at Kerikeri Plant Production for signs of the fungal disease myrtle rust. Biosecurity response to discovery of myrtle rust at Kerikeri Plant Production, Riddell Rd, Keriker ...

Myrtle rust has been found in a Taranaki plant nursery, the Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed. Symptoms of the devastating fungal infection were found on young plants in a nursery in ...

Plant-killing fungal disease myrtle rust has been found in a new area of the Waikato region, the Ministry for Primary Industries says. When winter set in slowing the disease's progress, there had been ...

It is believed myrtle rust has spread across Rockhampton and into Gladstone, with outbreaks also confirmed in Bundaberg and Airlie Beach. Despite the disease being a serious threat to flowers, the ...

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