Myrtle Rust image gallery

Myrtle Rust on Agonis flexuosa, cv. Afterdark

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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Various stages of disease development on Agonis flexuosa (willow myrtle) cv. Afterdark

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Photo: Dr Louise Morin
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Shows top and underside of leaf.
Photo: Dr Louise Morin
©CSIRO

Myrtle Rust on Agonis flexuosa cv. Burgundy

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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Myrtle Rust on turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera)

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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Myrtle Rust on Metrosideros collina - advanced symptoms

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Photo: Jonathan Lidbetter
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Myrtle Rust on Metrosideros thomasii (New Zealand Christmas bush)

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Photo: Peter Newley
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Myrtle Rust on Austromyrtus (Gossia) inophloia

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Photo: Jonathan Lidbetter
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Austromyrtus inophloia cv.'Aurora'
Photo: Kevin Cooper
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Austromyrtus inophloia cv.'Blushing Beauty'
Photo: Kevin Cooper
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Myrtle Rust on Callistemon sp. (bottlebrush)

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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Myrtle Rust on Tristania neriifolia (water gum)

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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Photo: Kerrie Sims
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Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
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Myrtle Rust on Rhodamnia rubescens (scrub turpentine)

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Infection of Rhodamnia rubescens fruits
Photo: © I&I NSW

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Infection of underside of leaves
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Myrtle Rust on Rhodamnia maideniana (smooth scrub turpentine)

Myrtle Rust affecting mature leaves of Rhodamnia maideniana
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Photo: Bruce Hungerford
© Bruce Hungerford

Myrtle Rust on Rhodamnia spongiosa

Myrtle Rust affecting semi-mature leaves of Rhodamnia spongiosa
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Myrtle Rust on Syzygium leumannii x Syzygium wilsonii (lilly pilly)

Old Myrtle Rust lesion on lilly pilly cv. 'Cascade'

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Old lesion on lilly pilly cv. 'Cascade'
Photo: Dr Angus Carnegie
© I&I NSW

Myrtle Rust on Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved paperbark)

Host testing on Melaleuca alternifolia

These plants were inoculated with Myrtle Rust under controlled environment conditions in a quarantine facility and thus may not represent what may develop in the field. Melaleuca alternifolia is not a known host of Myrtle Rust in the environment.

The photos in this section are by Dr Louise Morin under a research project funded by the National Management Group.

Myrtle Rust on Melaleuca nodosa (prickly-leaved paperbark)

Myrtle Rust on Uromyrtus australis (peach myrtle)

Myrtle Rust infestation on juvenile growth of Uromyrtus australis
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Photo: Bruce Hungerford
© Bruce Hungerford

Myrtle Rust on Eucalyptus agglomerata

Myrtle Rust on Chamelaucium uncinatum (geraldton wax)

Photo copyright

Photos are not to be used without permission.

Permission to use photos that are the property of Industry & Investment NSW (I&I NSW) can be obtained from Lowan Turton at lowan.turton@industry.nsw.gov.au