Australian Cereal Rust Survey
Submit a cereal rust sample
The Australian Cereal Rust Survey relies on the samples contributed by farmers, agronomists, and agricultural researchers across Australia. We welcome all rust samples from cereal crops as well as rust samples from various weed grass species.
- Download the rust sample submission guide.
- Download the rust sample submission form.
To submit a sample, please fill in the sample submission form and post it in a paper envelope along with your infected leaf/stem sample to the address below.
University of Sydney
Australian Cereal Rust Survey
Reply Paid 88076
Narellan NSW 2567
We also have free, reply-paid rust sample envelopes available on request.
Fungicide Insensitivity Testing of cereal rust fungi
Fungicide insensitivity has become a growing problem due to the widespread use of fungicides in Australian broadacre farming since the 1980s. Our tests to date have shown clear shifts to insensitivity to several DMI fungicides in the pathogens that cause barley leaf rust (Puccinia hordei) and wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina).
To continue and extend this work, we would appreciate receiving rust samples from crops that have been sprayed with a fungicide to be sent to the same address as listed above. We would also appreciate information regarding the chemical used and the effectiveness or otherwise of the fungicide in controlling rust in the crop.
Download the sample submission form and guide.
For general enquiries about rust survey samples, or to obtain some of our sample envelopes, please contact:
Matthew Williams, ACRCP Operations and Technical officer
matthew.williams@sydney.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9351 8808
Mobile: +61 409552349
This interactive map shows the locations of the cereal rust samples that have been analysed by the Australian Cereal Rust Survey so far this year. The map is updated fortnightly with the latest sample results.
- You can use the check boxes in the key (left hand side of the screen) to select which types of rust samples to display.
- You can click on an individual sample to see details (date collected, pathotype(s), location, variety).
- The map only shows samples that have had testing completed and a result provided.
- If your sample is not on the map, it is probably still being tested. Results are sent to contributors before they are added to the map.
- To maintain the privacy of sample contributors, all locations shown are approximate (usually marked in the nearest town).
- View the 2024 Australian Cereal Rust Survey map
- View the 2023 Australian Cereal Rust Survey map
Keep up to date about the presence of rust activity
- View the Cereal RustTrack 2024 map
The University of Sydney has been conducting national surveys of cereal rusts in Australia since 1921. The survey program monitors cereal rust pathogens throughout Australia and characterises any new rust pathotypes that emerge. This information is critical for determining how current varieties will respond to rust in the field and for the breeding of effective rust resistance into new varieties.
Our Cereal Rust Reports are released when significant events occur, for example, a new rust pathotype is detected or one or more rust species are posing a threat to industry. Periodically, we also publish listings of current cereal cultivars, the rust resistance genes they carry, and their expected responses to the different rust diseases. See below for the latest reports.
Volume 21 (2024)
Volume 20 (2023)
- Issue 1: Cereal rust report, July 2023
- Issue 2: Cereal rust report, September 2023
- Issue 3: Cereal rust report, September 2023
- Issue 4: Cereal rust report, December 2023
Volume 19 (2022)
Volume 18 (2021)
- Issue 1: Cereal rust survey status report, July 2021
- Issue 2: Wheat leaf rust status in eastern Australia, August 2021
Volume 17 (2020)
- Issue 1: Australian barley cultivar pedigree and leaf rust seedling and adult plant resistance genotype information, May 2020
- Issue 2: Wheat rust situation, July 2020
- Issue 3: Rust resistance genotypes and expected rust responses of Australian common wheat, durum wheat and triticale varieties, September 2020
- Issue 4: Confirmation of the exotic origins of two pathotypes of the wheat stripe rust pathogen detected in 2017 and 2018, and their impact, November 2020
Volume 16 (2018)
Volume 14 (2016)
- Issue 1: The wheat stem rust pathogen in Australia - pathogenic variation and pathotype designation, May 2016
- Issue 2: The wheat stripe rust pathogen in Australia - pathogenic variation and pathotype designation, May 2016
- Issue 3: The wheat leaf rust pathogen in Australia - pathogenic variation and pathotype designation, June 2016
- Issue 4: Expected responses of Australian wheat, triticale, barley and oat varieties to the cereal rust diseases, June 2016
- Issue 5: Cereal rust situation, mid-Winter, July 2016
- Issue 6: Wheat leaf rust and wheat stripe rust situation, late Winter 2016, August 2016
- Issue 7: Cereal rust situation, September 2016
- Issue 8: Wheat stem rust and wheat stripe rust situation, November 2016
Volume 13 (2015)
- Issue 1: Cereal rust situation, August 2015
- Issue 2: Rust pathotype update, August 2015
- Issue 3: Stripe rust situation, September 2015
- Issue 4: Cereal rust report, October 2015
- Issue 5: Cereal rust situation, mid-October 2015
Volume 12 (2014)
- Issue 1: Cereal rust situation at late autumn 2014, May 2014
- Issue 2: Cereal rust situation update, July 2014
- Issue 3: Exotic wheat leaf rust pathotype detected in South Australia, September, 2014
- Issue 4: Cereal rust situation update, October 2014
Volume 11 (2013)
- Issue 1: New oat crown rust pathotype with virulence for Pc91, February 2013
- Issue 2: Rust development so far for 2013, September 2013
- Issue 3: How to prepare samples for dispatch to the Australian Cereal Rust Survey, September 2013
- Issue 4: New wheat leaf rust pathotype detected in northern New South Wales, September 2013
- Issue 4 Revised: New wheat leaf rust pathotype detected in northern New South Wales, September 2013
- Issue 5: New barley leaf rust pathotype detected in Western Australia, october 2013
- Issue 6: First detection of wheat leaf rust pathotype 76-1,3,5,7,9,10,12 +Lr37 in Western Australia, October 2013
Volume 10 (2012)
- Issue 1: Expected Responses of Australian Wheat and Triticale Varieties to the Cereal Rust Diseases in 2012, April 2012
- Issue 2: Cereal Rust Situation at Early Winter 2012, June 2012
- Issue 3: Wheat leaf rust and virulence for Lr23, December 2012
Volume 9 (2011)
- Issue 1: Responses of Australian Wheat and Triticale Varieties to the Cereal Rust Diseases, April 2011
- Issue 2: Cereal Rust Situation at Early Winter 2011, July 2011
- Issue 3: Cereal Rust Situation at Late Winter 2011, August 2011
- Issue 4: Cereal Rust Survey 2011 Progress Report New Leaf Rust Pathotype and Re-emerging Stripe Rust Pathotype, October 2011
Volume 8 (2010)
- Issue 1: Recent Research in Wheat Stripe Rust Australian and International Developments, April 2010
- Issue 2: Early Cereal Rust Reports for 2010, May 2010
- Issue 3: Recent Rust Developments in Eastern Australia First Report of Wheat Stripe Rust in 2010, June 2010
- Issue 4: Early Pathotype Identifications Confirm Independent Survival of Rusts in 2009-10, July 2010
- Issue 5: Late winter rust developments: pathotype results and variety responses, August 2010
- Issue 6: Stripe Rust Situation at Early Spring, September 2010
- Issue 7: Stripe Rust Issues at Mid Spring: New pathotype identified, variety responses, spike infection, late season fungicides, October 2010
- Issue 8: Cereal Rust Situation Update, Late Spring 2010, November 2010
Volume 7 (2009)
- Issue 1: Responses of Australian Triticales to Stripe Rust, February 2009
- Issue 2: Australia Cereal Cultivar Pedigree and Seedling Rust Genotype Information, March 2009
- Issue 3: Stripe Rust Responses of Australian Wheat Varieties, 2009, March 2009
- Issue 4: Early Rust Detections for the 2009 Season, June 2009
- Issue 5: New Barley Leaf Rust Pathotype virulent for Rph3, June 2009
- Issue 6: Stripe Rust Emerging in NSW, August 2009
- Issue 7: First Report of the ‘WA Yr17’ Pathotype in 2009, August 2009
- Issue 8: Wheat Stripe Rust Developments: Winter 2009, Septmber 2009
- Issue 9: Wheat Stripe Rust Pathogen Population in Eastern Australia September 2009, October 2009
- Issue 10: Late Season Stripe Rust Damage: Head Infection and Unpredicted Variety Responses, November 2009
- Issue 11: Stripe Rust Pathotype Survey 2009 Year End Summary, December 2009
- Issue 12: Stripe Rust Responses of Australian Wheat and Triticale Varieties, 2010, December 2019
Volume 6 (2008)
- Issue 1: First Reports of Cereal Rusts for 2008, March 2008
- Issue 2: First Reports of Cereal Rusts for 2008, June 2008
- Issue 3: Stripe Rust Pathotypes Detected Early in Season 2008, July 2008
- Issue 4: Stripe Rust Situation Statement, August 2008
- Issue 5: Stripe Rust Situation Statement, Early September 2008, September 2008
- Issue 6: Stripe Rust Situation at mid Spring 2008, October 2008
- Issue 7: False Black Chaff in Wheats Carrying the Stem Rust Resistance Gene Sr2, October 2008
- Issue 8: Stripe rust pathotype ‘Jackie Yr27’ detected for the first time, November 2008
- Issue 9: Stripe Rust Survey 2008 December Report, December 2009
Volume 5 (2007)
- Issue 1: Rust Alert, August 2007
- Issue 2: Stripe Rust Situation Statement: August 2007, September 2007
- Issue 3: A New Stripe Rust Pathotype Adapted to Triticale, October 2007
- Issue 4: Responses of Australian Wheat Varieties to Stripe Rust, December 2007
- Issue 5: Responses of Australian Triticales to Stripe Rust, December 2007
Volume 4 (2006)
- Issue 1: Stripe Rust Survey Report for 2005, July 2006
- Issue 2: A New Pathoytpe of Wheat Stripe Rust With Implications for the VPM Resistance, December 2006
Volume 3 (2005)
- Issue 1: Rust Alert for the 2005 Cropping Season, May 2005
- Issue 2: Wheat rust situation, August 2005
- Issue 3: Wheat Variety Responses to Stripe Rust, December 2005
Volume 2 (2004)
- Issue 1: Stripe Rust Alert for 2004, August 2004
- Issue 2: Assessment Scale for Recording Stripe Rust Responses in Field Trials, September 2004
- Issue 3: Wheat Stripe Rust Epidemic Situation Report as at the end of September, October 2004
- Issue 4: Wheat Variety Responses to Stripe Rust, December 2004
Volume 1 (2003)
- Issue 1: Stripe Rust Head Infection, November 2003
- Issue 2: Expected Responses of NSW Wheats to Stripe Rust in 2004, November 2003
- Issue 3: Triticale Responses to Stripe Rust Pathogens, December 2003
- Issue 4: Expected Responses of South East Australia Wheats (South Australia and Victoria) to Stripe Rust in 2004, December 2004
- Issue 5: Revised Variety Response to Stripe Rust for Eastern Australian Wheats, January 2004