[Tendrils Aug 24, 2010] -- Plant Health Australia representatives attended the Myrtle rust National Management Group (NMG) meeting on 17 August 2010 to consider intensified surveillance and containment actions for Myrtle rust (Uredo rangelii). The response to the Myrtle rust detection is being implemented under the Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed (EPPRD) - a legally binding agreement between the Australian Government, all state and territory governments, national plant industry body signatories and Plant Health Australia. An interim response plan was implemented by the Myrtle Rust NMG on 2 July 2010, to suppress Myrtle rust with a long-term view to the eradication of the disease, while additional data was obtained.

Click here for further information relating to the recent meeting of the NMG.

Further advice on actions to suppress Myrtle rust can be found in these questions and answers and on the website of the NSW Department of Industry and Investment.