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Myrica faya , native to the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands, was introduced to Hawaii where it has become a noxious weed. Exploration of the native habitats for potential biocontrol agents yielded several new or noteworthy disease records: cankers caused by Nectria galligena and Cryphonectria sp., dieback caused by Ramularia destructiva and Botryosphaeria ribis , and root rot caused by Armillaria me Ilea.
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Gardner et al. (1990) studied this question.
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