BRIEF: Evaluating the use of gene drives for wasp control
Introduced wasps in Aotearoa New Zealand damage native ecosystems, harm human health, and threaten the beekeeping industry. Current pest control of wasps relies on spraying…
Summary
Webinar
Crazy & Ambitious 4: Dialogue on complex socio-environmental issues
Online quick-fire presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Dialogue on complex socio-environmental issues, with Marie McEntee, University of Auckland.
Report
Mātauranga Māori in the Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance of Plant Pathogens – A Literature Review
This report has been commissioned by Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research as part of the research programme ‘Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance (MMFS) of Plant Pathogens’.…
Video
Kaurilands Summit 3 – 2023
A playlist of presentations given at the Kaurilands Summit 3 held by Ngā Rākau Taketake, 9 – 12 May 2023, at Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei.
Media
Traditional Māori medicine helps kauri health, long-term monitoring suggests
Trees impacted by kauri dieback disease are showing signs of recovery thanks to traditional Māori medicine, a practitioner says. Rongoā Māori practitioner Tohe Ashby has…
Media
The cutting-edge technology that could take the sting out of summer
Wasps are a plague every summer, the unwelcome harasser at your picnic or tramping rest stop. Kathryn from Radio New Zealand talks to Gemma McLaughlin,…
Publication
Notch signalling mediates reproductive constraint in the adult worker honeybee
Here, we demonstrate that chemical inhibition of Notch signalling can overcome the repressive effect of queen pheromone and promote ovary activity in adult worker honeybees.…
Media
Kauri: The fightback against dieback
The threat to kauri from dieback hasn’t gone away but the disease isn’t spreading as fast as feared. New management techniques and research into the…
Publication
Approaches for estimating benefits and costs of interventions in plant biosecurity across invasion phases
Non-native plant pests cause billions of dollars in damages. It is critical to prevent or reduce these losses by intervening at various stages of the…
Publication
The Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) profile of Phytophthora agathidicida and its potential use as diagnostic tool
Phytophthora diseases cause devastation to crops and native ecosystems worldwide. In New Zealand, Phytophthora agathidicida is threatening the survival of kauri, an endemic, culturally and…
Report
Applied research to progress and support close-to-market pest control tools and their strategic application
A review of recently developed and close-to-market-tools for pest management, and identification of the key research required to support their incremental improvement.
Presentation
Capturing forest structure with high density laser scanning – Malte Cordes
Presented as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake. To find out more about the Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts…
Publication
mtDNA polymorphism and metabolic inhibition affect sperm performance in conplastic mice
Although there is a general correlation between nucleotide substitutions in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) and a variety of metabolic pathologies, research into the impact of…
Report
Optimising methods for screening the susceptibility of host species populations to myrtle rust
The highly invasive rust Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) has an unusually large host range, with over 480 known hosts worldwide. The aim of this project…
Tool or Model
Proof of Absence Calculator
An online Proof of Absence tool (algorithms, technology), informed by the Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance for kauri dieback and myrtle rust.
Publication
Temporal variation in soil bacterial communities can be confounded with spatial variation
Investigating temporal variation in soil bacterial communities advances our fundamental understanding of the causal processes driving biological variation, and how the composition of these important…
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