Claim · model-written summary
Rust symptoms occurred on S. buxifolium bonsai plants in Swiss retail branches.
- Taxon
- Syzygium buxifolium
Syzygium buxifoliume0 - Organ / stage
- stems and leavese0
- Outcome
- bright yellow pustulese0
- Setting
- Swisse0
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Verbatim
e0“bright yellow pustules were observed on the stems and leaves of a boxleaf eugenia (Syzygium buxifolium) plant sold as an indoor bonsai at a Swiss branch”
Title
First report of Austropuccinia psidii on Syzygium buxifolium grown as indoor bonsai in Europe
B. Ruffner; L. Beenken; Q. Kupper; et al. New Disease Reports 2024. doi:10.1002/ndr2.70011
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Early leaf and shoot spots progressed to uredinia.
- Observation Older lesions caused deformation and sometimes dieback.
- Observation Microscopy found urediniospores but no teliospores.
- Observation Four of five sampled plants were confirmed infected with A. psidii.
- Observation The identified strains belonged to the pandemic biotype.
- Intervention effect Inoculated S. buxifolium developed lesions and uredinia.