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Tara Gerrard

Oct 21, 2026

Gabrielle Hodson
Gabrielle HodsonCORRESPONDENT
22:19
And I believe it's associated with high rainfall
22:22
areas? Yeah, it is.
22:24
We see the most damage from it in high rainfall areas.
22:27
And it's a rain splash disease where essentially the fungus causes these little lesions on the leaves.
22:35
And inside them it's got all of these little fruiting structures, which you can see just with the naked eye.
22:41
And when it rains, all of those open up and all these spores ooze out.
22:47
And those spores, once they've oozed out, will splash up to the higher leaves of the plant.
Gabrielle Hodson
Gabrielle HodsonCORRESPONDENT
23:19
What are you going to do with the spores? And do you think they're alive?

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