Often classified as an invasive species, guava ignites a longstanding, transnational battle over foreign invaders and local customs. Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Maria Sibylla Merian.
For Australia’s native guava, death came in the form of a fungus. Just 10 years ago, a virulent strain of the fungus Austropuccinia psidii arrived in New South Wales. First observed in Hawaii in 2005, ...