The invasive plant pathogen myrtle rust has been detected at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Myrtle rust is a bright yellow-looking fungus originally from South America, infecting plants ...

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 ...

While cane toads creep across northern Australia and down the eastern coastline, a far more insidious invasive species is ravaging our native trees. Scientists say four species are in "catastrophic ...

Seed banks in New Zealand preserve seeds and other genetic material in dry conditions at minus 20 degrees Celsius. Seeds must be dessicated (dried) and seeds react differently to drying and cold ...

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