Look out for Myrtle Rust
As at 2-Feb-2012, DPI has detected myrtle rust at 23 sites in Victoria, mainly at production nurseries and wholesale outlets in and around metropolitan Melbourne (see map)...
The majority of these detections resulted from DPI tracing the movement of myrtle rust host material from infected premises. Five of the detections are on private properties. The infected plants have either been removed or treated as required and monitoring of the properties will continue. DPI is also taking regulatory action to ensure affected nurseries correctly deal with the infected material. This involves safe disposal, or treatment and reinspection, of the infected material and treatment of all Myrtaceae plants in the nursery before release.
Tracing has also shown that there are more than 100 properties which are linked to infected premises and need to be inspected. DPI is also continuing its survey program to determine how far the disease has spread and at what point containment is no longer practical. Meanwhile, Victoria is maintaining import restrictions on myrtle rust host material from other states where the disease is present. (Source: DPI website) To find out more:
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The fungus Uredo rangelii (myrtle rust), recently found in Victoria for the first time poses a threat to Victoria's nursery, forestry and beekeeping industries, as well as to public parks and gardens and native forests. It can potentially attack all species of the Myrtaceae plant family.
Myrtle rust was first detected in Australia on the central coast of New South Wales (NSW) in April 2010. In December 2010, the Myrtle Rust National Management Group agreed that it was not technically feasible to eradicate this disease.
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