Myrtle Rust ‘Watch and Act’ Workshop
FREE Event – In person or Online
October 23 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Join us for an important Myrtle Rust workshop on Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024. The workshop is FREE, you can attend in person in Albany or online via Teams (link emailed to you once registered).
We will kick things off with a 1.5-hour myrtle rust field training followed by a 1-hour workshop and discussion presented by Dr Kylie Ireland, Plant Diseases Program Leader, Ecosystem Health Branch, DBCA Kensington.
Discussions will include:
– What to do when you ID symptoms
– Risks to our ecosystem
– Where best to look for myrtle rust
– How to ID symptoms
Workshop Itinerary
10:30am to 12:00pm – Blow Holes Car Park, Blowholes Rd, Torndirrup National Park – gain practical experience in how to search for myrtle rust.
12:00pm to 1:30pm – Break for Lunch
Join the Dieback Working Group and Binalup Rangers team for a chance to chat environmental biosecurity during a catered networking lunch at the DPIRD Albany office, 444 Albany Highway, Albany.
1:30pm to 2:30pm – Regroup at the DPIRD conference room.
Please prepare for all weather conditions. Lunch is included.
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Since myrtle rust arrived in Australia in 2010, within NSW, myrtle rust has spread from Australia across the ocean into New Zealand and into every state and territory (other than South Australia).
In terms of occurrence within Western Australia, it has currently only been found at a single, remote isolated site in the East Kimberley.
Myrtle rust spores are spread via wind or human assisted (i.e. on travellers clothing), hence the need to bring everyone up to speed with this disease.
View the DPRID Myrtle Rust Fact Sheet HERE
