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Stephen, as you mentioned earlier: rusts are becoming common in Malta, this is particularly due to the ideal climatic conditions found throughout the archipelago. Just out of interest I have recently found Puccinia horiana a severe quarantine disease on Chrysanthemums later I will post a photo of in...

Sorry for not having replied sooner, yes it apears as orange to brown spots, normaly rusts tend to appear on the under-side of the leaves but this is not always the case. In fact M. euphorbiae which I noted in Dwejra was on all plant areal organs - leaves, fruits, flowers and branches, particularly ...

The last posting on the Incidence of Uromyces pisii was very intersting, I will deffinately search for data about this particular rust fungus to better understand the symbiotic relationship it establishes with its host. Unfortunately rusts including Melampsora euphorbiae are not endemic to Malta, an...

The incidence of disease in the natural environment is a normal Phenomenon that occurs within any natural environment and may not be prevented. However any alterations in natural habitat could faccilitate disease difusion, therefore introduction of new flora and fauna, introduction of cultivated pla...

I have recently found Melampsora euphorbiae on tree spurge - Euphorbia dendroides in a rather concealed zone in Dwejra - Gozo. This fungal pathogen is known to give rise to typical rust diseases of Euphorbia species. This finding is rather alarming as M. euphorbiae is known to spread rapidly in vast...