Biosecurity
New Thinking
New glasshouses to fight invasive species
The establishment of state-of-the-art glasshouses at AgResearch's Ruakura campus will help combat invasive species that threaten New Zealand's pastorally-based economy.
Expat plants could threaten biosecurity
NZ prepares for faster action against global disease
Pandemic? Biosecurity? Bioterrorism? Potential threats all. Since 9/11 and SARS the world has taken big steps in proactive surveillance. But like all nations, perhaps the biggest challenge NZ faces is to bring the barrage of facts together, into a single – relevant - information source. Crown Research Institute ESR reckons it’s cracked the problem.
New Science
Possum field trials a success
A new threat to possums is on the horizon, with the successful release of genetically marked parasites in a field trial at Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island.
OECD supports science exchange
Improving border biosecurity
AgResearch scientists are studying tussock in an effort to improve border biosecurity.
New Value
Finding environmentally friendly disinfestation
The cure must not be worse than the illness: a good principle for biosecurity and the reason behind a new disinfestation facility at Crop & Food Research to develop environmentally safe ways of treating horticultural and forest produce for export and imported goods
Weevil biocontrol expanding
Buoyed by the successful establishment and persistence of the biocontrol agent for clover root weevil at experimental release sites, the AgResearch Biocontrol & Biosecurity team plans to roll it out into other regions.
On the scent of the clover root weevil
AgResearch's Lincoln-based scientists are hot on the scent of odours that will attract and ultimately trap the clover root weevil - a major clover pasture pest.
Varroa: hard choices
Eradicate or manage? Government takes science advice and makes decision. What are the issues, costs and implications?
