Incursion Reports
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Research Programmes

Nectria
Armillaria
Unwanted Organisms
Needle Cast
Beneficial Organisms
Bark beetles and wood-borers
Incursion response
General

Annual Reports and Workshop Presentations




General Research Programme

Future proofing plantation forests from pests
Michael Watt, Rebecca Ganley, Darren Kriticos, Karina Potter, Lucy Manning, Graeme Bourdot, Nita Tallent-Halsell (May 2010)


The formation of dry sapwood zones in conifers: A review
Margaret Dick (May 2009)

Development of sapstain and degrade after storm damage in stands of Pinus radiata
James McCarthy, Raphael Didham, Ian Hood, Eckehard Brockerhoff, Steve Pawson, Judy Gardner, Mark Forward, Rex Mitchell (May 2009)

Literature Review - Temperature Mortality Thresholds for Insects
Gordon Hosking (June 2007)

Temperature Mortality Thresholds for insects and fungi in New Zealand
Gordon Hosking (June 2007)

Stem Injection - Dose response trials and bioassays
Stefan Gous (2005)

Stem Injection - Operational Stem Injections trials and bioassays
Stefan Gous (2005)

The Chemical Analysis of Pesticides in Stem Injection Trials
Gary Scott and Stefan Gous (2005)

Possums & Pines
Bruce Warburton (2006)

Evaluation of remote sensing technologies for forest health
L.S. Bulman, A.G. Dunningham, N.C. Sims, D.S. Culvenor, R.K. Brownlie (2006)

Remote Sensing Needs Identified During Industry Consultation
L. S. Bulman (2005)

Detection of disease in forest nurseries
J.F. Gardner, MA Dick and L.S. Bulman (2006)

Fungi on Trees and Shrubs in New Zealand.
Fungi of New Zealand Volume 4

National certificate in forest health surveillance:
Forest and tree health field manual

Survey of potential sapstain fungi on Pinus radiata in New Zealand
Joanne M. Thwaites, Roberta L. Farrell, Shona M. Duncan and Stephan D. Reay