At 09:47 1/10/99 +1000, you wrote:
>For your information:
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>"Mundulla Yellows" is a newly discovered disease that kills Australian
>plants, particularly eucalypts. It has recently been reported from all
>five southern Australian states where it is rapidly spreading across
>agricultural and urban areas. Tens of thousands of trees and shrubs now
>show signs of the disease and the prediction on current evidence is that
>more trees and shrubs will be infected and also die.
>
>This loss of vegetation will seriously impact on Australia's biodiversity
>of which birds are just one component. The disease has been reported also
>in revegetation sites and so threatens all the good work performed under
>Landcare and Natural Heritage Trust programs. The disease also threatens
>agroforestry.
>
>The causal agent, method of spread and cure for Mundulla Yellows are not
>known.
>
>
It would be helpful to know what Mundalla Yellows looks like, so birders
can watch out for it, and hopefully not inadvertently add to its spread.
Could Birds Australia put a photo on its web-site and advise birding-aus
accordingly?
Cheers
Alex Appleman
Townsville
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