While some of the meeting is taken up with administrative details, it was interesting to hear the anecdotal scientific discussions that take place. This week, there was a discussion about myrtle rust and how new outbreaks of myrtle rust have recently been discovered. To substantiate details for discussion, Bevan immediately looked up current raw data and was able to confirm that, while many outbreaks had recently been discovered in Northland, most infected plants were found in the same nursery, which did modify the overall picture somewhat. This was a great example of evidence based discussion.
