We know introduced honeybees as the ever-busy helpers of our gardens, farms and orchards. In pollinating crops and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melaleuca infected with myrtle rust. Louise Shuey Around a decade ago, an invasive fungal disease called myrtle rust reached ...

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 fungal disease myrtle rust has now spread to lemon myrtle plantations on the NSW North Coast. These are the first incursions of the fungus on a crop since it was detected last April in a nursery ...

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 ...

The recent Myrtle Rust Science Symposium discussed solutions to battle the invasive rust disease which is attacking iconic species such as pōhutukawa and ramarama, and heard how myrtle rust has wiped ...

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 ...

Some 70% of the World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island has been closed to non-essential visitors in response to a recurrence of the plant disease myrtle rust. Myrtle rust, native to South America, was ...

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 ...

Researchers fear spread of invasive disease could be disastrous for Australia’s diverse plant life and are calling for urgent national response An invasive fungus attacking some of Australia’s most ...