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 ...

Native trees like the paperbark are central to the culture of the traditional owners of K'Gari (Fraser Island). "These species are living stories," says Matilda Davis, who works with the Butchulla ...

Testing by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has today revealed myrtle rust infection at a plant nursery in Taranaki. The nursery in Waitara (just north of New Plymouth) reported suspected ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. It is believed myrtle rust has spread across Rockhampton and into Gladstone, with outbreaks also confirmed ...

Around a decade ago, an invasive fungal disease called myrtle rust reached Australia and began to spread like a plague through certain plants. The disease affects plants of the Myrtaceae family, which ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lismore. Followed categories will be added to My News. Myrtle rust is a disease that aff-ects the Myrtaceae family of plants, which includes many Australiannative ...

It's only a matter of time before fungal disease myrtle rust arrives in the Bay of Plenty. That's the view of one Oropi native plant grower, backed up by biosecurity experts who say New Zealand may ...

Massive restrictions have been put in place for moving myrtle species plants in and out of North Taranaki after the disease infected more than 50 properties in the region since May. On Wednesday the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Rockhampton Regional Council spokeswoman said samples taken from the gardens on Monday were infected.