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Mature native trees now dying
The first known case of a mature tree dying due to myrtle rust has been observed on the East Cape.
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Myrtle rust featured at Tauranga Conservation week
There’s still plenty of local community interest about the research and management of myrtle rust.
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Alby Marsh – bringing people together to fight myrtle rust
Alby Marsh is working with researchers and communities to build relationships and solutions that will help in the fight against myrtle rust.
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The value of collaboration: four questions for four myrtle rust experts
Ngā Rākau Taketake (NRT) and Beyond Myrtle Rust (BMR) are partners in tackling myrtle rust. We spoke with Beccy Ganley and Nick Waipara (Rongowhakaata and Ngāti Ruapani ki Tūranga) from NRT and Mahajabeen Padamsee and Renee Johansen from BMR about their thoughts on the value of this collaboration.
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Ngā Rākau Taketake teams showcase their results
Conference season has returned at last! Despite the added facial attire, our plant pathogen teams made the most of being able to connect kanohi ki te kanohi at the recent New Zealand Plant Protection Society conference.
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Teamwork makes the dream work – even in science
Researchers are teaming up to make the most of their funding and people-power.
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A new researcher takes the reins at Scion
Dr Stuart Fraser is in the thick of his first field season leading the myrtle rust team at Scion. We sat down with him to get his insights on the disease in Aotearoa and abroad.
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Seeing the trees in the forest: understanding the role of myrtles in New Zealand’s ecosystems
With myrtle rust now well established in New Zealand, attention is turning to the hosts of the disease...
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Mana whenua represent at the Australasian Myrtle Rust Conference
The Australasian Myrtle Rust Conference was the first of its kind – a multi-day conference dedicated entirely to Austropuccinia psidii (the pathogen that causes myrtle rust) and the many plants…
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Preliminary results from myrtle rust susceptibility testing
This project aimed to assess the relative risk posed by myrtle rust to six Myrtaceae species under natural New Zealand conditions. Here's what they found.
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Understanding the genome of myrtle rust
The genome of the fungus which causes the disease myrtle rust, Austropuccinia psidii, has been sequenced - what does this mean for the fight against myrtle rust?
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Many hands make light work
There are many wonderful groups and organisations who operate in the myrtle rust space and have progressed myrtle rust research over the last five years. Below are statements from some of these groups on the work they do to understand, monitor, fight, and raise awareness for this devastating disease.Please note that this is far from a comprehensive list! If you do work on myrtle rust and would like to be included in this list, please reach out so we can represent all your excellent mahi.
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Surge funding investment
Four new projects are underway within Ngā Rākau Taketake that address key science priorites identified in the kauri dieback and myrtle rust strategic science plans.
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Myrtle Rust Programme takes its first steps
An innovative new research stream, Myrtle Rust Programme is set to bolster New Zealand’s ability to respond to plant pathogens.
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New gall midge eats the fungus that causes myrtle rust
A new species of gall midge, Mycodiplosis constricta, has been described. Taxonomists and entomologists may be excited to know that this is the first described species of Mycodiplosis recorded from New Zealand. For the rest of us, the most interesting thing about this species is what it feeds on: the urediniospores of Austropuccinia psidii, the fungus that causes myrtle rust.
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New study sites for Beyond Myrtle Rust
It might not be ‘the season’ but the team from Beyond Myrtle Rust (BMR) couldn’t wait to get back out into the field this month.