EPPO Global Database

Puccinia kuehnii(PUCCKU)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 215 (2015): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Present in Australia for more than 100 years but it had rarely caused significant economic crop loss. Outbreaks of orange rust occurred in Queensland in 1999-2000 and again in 2012 (and were attributed to the appearance of a new race).
References
* Braithwaite, K.; Croft, B.; Brumbley, S. (2004) In: Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4-7 May 2004 (Ed. by Hogarth, D.M.), 82. PK Editorial Services Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Australia.

* Magarey, R. C. (2000) In: A guide to sugarcane diseases (Ed. by Rott, P.; Bailey, R.A.; Comstock, J.C.; Croft, B.J.; Saumtally, A.S.), 121-125. CIRAD-ISSCT, Montpellier, France.

* ProMed posting (no. 20120212.1040137) of 2011-02-09. Orange rust, sugarcane - Australia: (Queensland), new strain suspected. http://www.promedmail.org.

* Ryan, C. C.; Egan, B. T. (1989) In: Diseases of sugarcane (Ed. by Ricaud, C.; Egan, B.T.; Gillaspie, A.G. Jr.; Hughes, C.G.), 189-210. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands.

* Virtudazo, E. V.; Nojima, H.; Kakishima, M. (2001) Mycoscience 42, 167-175.