A rust fungus introduced to New Zealand two years ago to wage biological war against ‘Lantana camara’ is starting to have a noticeable impact on the pest plant in Northland. Entomologist Jenny Dymock ...

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 ...

A new rust fungus biocontrol agent for African Boxthorn weed is out of the lab and into the field. The program includes a targeted release, monitoring and evaluation program in New South Wales. The ...

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 ...

Tasmania's land conservation community is alert to the myrtle rust fungus that has just been confirmed in the state. Biosecurity Tasmania is investigating Tasmania's first confirmed case in Burnie, in ...

Q: I heard rust fungus can infect junipers but that they aren’t worth spraying to treat. Is there anything else I can do to reduce the fungal spread from them to my other trees? A: If you see and can ...

Marlborough District Council has now been approved to use a rust fungus to tackle the chilean needle grass weed. Photo: Supplied / Manawatu-Standard Marlborough’s 2615 hectares of “highly invasive ...

Varanasi: A group of researchers of the department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, and Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala have ...

Larvae of the sawfly Neodiprion edulicolus fed on needles of Pinus edulis and were abundant below 1,850 m in elevation at sites near Sunset Crater, Arizona. Coleosporium needle rust, in contrast, ...

If you’re drinking a good cup of coffee as you read this, take a moment to savor it. Hug the cup, if you’re so inclined. After all, coffee may not always be so easy to come by. Coffee rust is a ...