Honeybees gathering myrtle rust spores as food could be helping spread the fungal disease killing native trees, University of ...
The same busy foraging that makes bees vital pollinators could also turn them into Trojan horses for a serious fungal disease ...
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 ...
Jerry looks at myrtle rust – an introduced exotic fungal disease that can affect all members of the Myrtaceae family – this includes gum trees, bottlebrushes, and tea trees. It was first detected 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 ...
The term ‘zombie tree’ is used for a tree species named Rhodamnia zombi, which is found in the rainforest and was first discovered in Queensland in 2020. The tree was recently named by experts due to ...
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 ...