First record of bridal creeper rust, Puccinia myrsiphylli, a classical biocontrol agent of the environmental weed bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, in New Zealand

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doi:10.1071/DN06010

First record of bridal creeper rust, Puccinia myrsiphylli, a classical biocontrol agent of the environmental weed bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, in New Zealand

N. W. Waipara ^A ^B, E. H. C. McKenzie ^A, H. M. Harman ^A, C. J. Winks ^A, D. Park ^A

^A Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand.
^B Corresponding author. Email: waiparan@landcareresearch.co.nz





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Australasian Plant Disease Notes 1(1) 23–24 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/DN06010
Submitted: 23 June 2006 Accepted: 21 September 2006 Published online: 4 October 2006

Abstract

Puccinia myrsiphylli is reported for the first time on weed infestations of Asparagus asparagoides in New Zealand, where it is concluded to have been introduced either accidentally or autonomously by way of wind-dispersed spores. A detailed description, illustration and genetic sequence of the specimen are provided.