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IN 1971 the autoecious rust fungus Puccinia chondrillina Bubak and Syd. was imported into Australia from Europe, an important step in the programme for the biological control of skeleton weed Chondrilla juncea L., an extremely serious weed of cultivation in south-east Australia1. This followed three years of intensive testing and discussion2,3, and represented a highly significant event in Australian quarantine policy. We believe that this is the first example in the recent history of quarantine controls, of the deliberate introduction and successful release in a new country of a plant pathogen for weed control.
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CULLEN, J., KABLE, P. & CATT, M. Epidemic Spread of a Rust imported for Biological Control. Nature 244, 462–464 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244462a0
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