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1992

Plant Sciences

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

Blackberries

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New Leaf Rust Helps To Control Blackberry, Jonathon Dodd, Sandy Lloyd Jan 1992

New Leaf Rust Helps To Control Blackberry, Jonathon Dodd, Sandy Lloyd

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The release of spores of the blackbeny leaf rust in spring 1991 marked the second attempt in Western Australia at controlling weedy blackberries with a biological agent. The strain of rust now being used is expected to be more effective than the one released in the 1980s.

This article describes the techniques used for rearing and releasing the fungus and illustrates the effects of the rust on blackbeny.

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