The clock is ticking: Temporally prioritizing eradications on islands
Achieving conservation objectives is time critical, but the vast number of threats and potential actions means some form of ranking is necessary to aid prioritization.…
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Gene drives for invasive wasp control: Extinction is unlikely, with suppression dependent on dispersal and growth rates
Gene drives offer a potentially revolutionary method for pest control over large spatial extents. These genetic modifications spread deleterious variants through a population and have…
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BRIEF: Predators beware – Swarms of intelligent drones are coming
Advances in artificial intelligence, sensors, and robotics technologies could enhance the way we search for and remove invasive predators from Aotearoa NZ. A multidisciplinary team…
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Barcoding technologies and pipelines
Wananga 4: Barcoding technologies and pipelines Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series** Facilitators: Dr Manpreet Dhami; Manaaki Whenua and Dr Leilani Walker…
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Funding Flexibility & Research Impact
Impact Evaluation Network (iPEN) presentation describing the BioHeritage flexible contracting model. Aaron McGlinchy, Operations Manager for the Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho BioHeritage National Science…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: The need for alternative control products for varroa
Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: The need for alternative control products for varroa, with David Wiessing
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Kaurilands Summit 2021
Over 120 attendees representing community groups, iwi, research organisations, councils and government agencies came together online for the inaugural Kauriland Summit in June 2021. The…
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Living with Kauri Dieback – poster
As shared at the Kaurilands Summit, Whangārei, May 2023. A poster (to accompany the booklet of the same name) which has been designed to…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Comparative genomic analysis of 31 Phytophthora genomes reveal genome plasticity and horizontal gene transfer
Phytophthora species are oomycete plant pathogens that cause great economic and ecological impacts. The Phytophthora genus includes over 180 known species, infecting a wide range…
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Identifying tools and knowledge gaps to support the control of non-PF2050- targeted small mammalian predators: stakeholder perceptions of priority needs
In a move to enhance information sharing in vertebrate pest management, a Small Mammal Research Collective consisting of representatives of key stakeholder groups was established…
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