First record of teak leaf rust (Olivea tectonae) in Australia

A. M. Daly; R. G. Shivas; G.S. Pegg; A.E. Mackie

doi:10.1071/DN06011

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First record of teak leaf rust (Olivea tectonae) in Australia

A. M. Daly ^A ^D , R. G. Shivas ^B , G.S. Pegg ^B and A.E. Mackie ^C

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^A Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Diagnostic Services Division, GPO Box 3000, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia.

^B Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.

^C Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Locked Bag 4, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983, Australia.

^D Corresponding author. Email: andrew.daly@nt.gov.au

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 1(1) 25-26 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN06011
Submitted: 12 September 2006 Accepted: 27 September 2006 Published: 6 October 2006

Abstract

Teak leaf rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Olivea tectonae, was first discovered in Australia in June 2006. The rust was found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

Acknowledgements

We thank Don Reilly (Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines) for collecting specimens and providing information about the teak industry in the Northern Territory, and Tracy Vinnicombe (Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia) for collecting specimens from Kununurra.

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