Tools & Technology

Publication

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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Data Set

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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Webinar

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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Webinar

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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Webinar

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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Webinar

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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Summary

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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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…

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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,…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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