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Aotearoa myrtle rust surveillance library

This report collates a surveillance library for myrtle rust (causal agent Austropuccinia psidii), following its identification on New Zealand’s mainland in May 2017.

This report collates a surveillance library for myrtle rust (causal agent Austropuccinia psidii), following its identification on New Zealand’s mainland in May 2017.

This report describes the following components of the surveillance library:

  1. Myrtle rust surveillance data compiled from multiple data sources
  2. Iconic trees layer of important myrtaceous plant hosts
  3. Infection risk and latent period rasters created using the Myrtle Rust Process Model/climatic risk model.

Datasets supplied with this report are available on the MfE Data service.

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