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Poplar leaf rust, caused by Melampsora larici-populina Klebahn, was first found on the formerly resistant Flevo poplar cultivar in the Wairarapa district of the North Island, New Zealand, on 13 April 2000.
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Sheridan, J.E. First record in New Zealand of Melampsora larici-populina on Flevo poplar. Australasian Plant Pathology 30, 177 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP01002
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