Are you colourful and cultured? You may be a microbe! 🧫🦠 #MyrtaceaeMonday Our PhD student Vladislav Kholostiakov (University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau) has just published a paper (Royal Society Te Apārangi) on the culturable seed-borne microbiome of pōhutukawa. Congrats Vlad! bit.ly/3y8Qp3O

🔎🌿🟡 April iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao report: 33 observations. There were 109 observations in April 2023. We look forward to digging into why this might be in our report of the summer season next month. For now, here’s what iNaturalist observations look like by year and by season.

Join us Wednesday 22 May at 11am NZST for our monthly webinar! bit.ly/3qWXc92 Scion

Join us tomorrow 22 May at 11am NZST for our monthly webinar! bit.ly/3qWXc92 🧬Evidence for sexual reproduction in myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii 🥼Presenter: Michael Bartlett, Scion Research

Join us TODAY 22 May at 11am NZST for our monthly webinar! bit.ly/3qWXc92 🧬Evidence for sexual reproduction in myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii 🥼Presenter: Michael Bartlett, Scion Research

If your lilly pilly hedge is due for a prune, please put it at the top of your to-do list. Pruning in winter should lead to healthier new growth. This in turn should keep myrtle rust spore numbers down, slowing the spread to our native plants. #PruneInJune landcareresearch.co.nz/discover-our-r…

Great myrtle rust feature in New Zealand Geographic! We’re thrilled that award-winning science journalist @ellerykr chose to apply her skillful storytelling to a subject so close to our hearts. Wonderful to see Beyond Myrtle Rust voices in the mix. Article here: bit.ly/3Wh7Okq

These trees aren't myrtles. But they are a good reminder that spring is on the way!🌸🌞 If you plan to prune your garden myrtles, like lilly pilly hedges, red dragon or pōhutukawa, please do so soon. Cold weather helps protect new growth from myrtle rust. 📷Magnolia and cherry

Our monthly webinar series is back! 🌿🔎🟡 Join us Wednesday 18 September to learn more about 'E heke e Heka!' the myrtle rust learning app developed by Scion - You can register for the webinar here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/30215…

Dynamite discovery for myrtle rust research! Our recent study on the molecular foundation of myrtle rust reveals how the pathogen breaks into a plant and how the plant responds. This insight will be useful for designing tools to prevent future break-ins. bit.ly/3YeD1FT

Our PhD student Hoa has published a study on carbon fluxes at locations with different land-use histories and forest restoration strategies. This study contributes to understanding how resilient planted systems are to disturbances like myrtle rust. bit.ly/4gOqyjk

Time to vote for your favourite plant! 💚🌿✅ Neomyrtus pedunculata, one of our most understudied myrtles, shares the common name "rōhutu" with a few other plants. We believe it deserves your support! Voting closes 3 November 👉 bit.ly/4eXerPT

For our October webinar, Kristy Stevenson, a Research Associate at the QUT, will share some early results from a project investigating forest community attributes and myrtle rust vulnerability. Register here 👉 attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/18336…

Join us tomorrow at 11am NZST for our October webinar! Kristy Stevenson, a Research Associate at the QUT, will share some early results from a project investigating forest community attributes and myrtle rust vulnerability. Register here 👉 attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/18336…

Our October webinar starts in 20 minutes! (11am NZST) Kristy Stevenson, a Research Associate at the QUT, will share some early results from a project investigating forest community attributes and myrtle rust vulnerability. Register here 👉 attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/18336…

Be sure to vote for Neomyrtus pedunculata! 🌿✅ The favourite plant vote closes this Sunday (3 Nov) bit.ly/4eXerPT

🌿🔎🟡 October iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao report: Kicking off the season with 12 observations of myrtle rust during the month of October. As the weather warms, we expect to see more myrtle rust outbreaks on our native and garden myrtles, like this lillypilly hedge here.

🚨 Austropuccinia psidii (Myrtle rust) back on the EPPO Alert List eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/pla… Removed in 2003, it's now re-added due to its spread, expanded host range, and new aggressive strains. This aims to raise NPPO awareness on its risks in trade #PlantHealth

Myrtle rust impacts new growth. Since mature plants have both old and new growth, infection symptoms in large trees can be subtle at first. Here, we document the death of a pōhutukawa twig that succumbed to myrtle rust over the 2022/2023 summer.

Register for our final webinar of the year! 🌿The molecular dialogue between Eucalyptus grandis and the myrtle rust pathogen 👩‍🔬Shae Swanepoel (University of Pretoria PhD candidate FABI) 🕖 7:00pm NZST Wed. 13 November Abstract and registration 👉 bit.ly/3qWXc92