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Research Programmes

Nectria
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Unwanted Organisms
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Annual Reports and Workshop Presentations






Nectria Research Programme

Nectria flute canker delimiting surveys L. S. Bulman June 2009
Survey of Banks Peninsula for Nectria flute canker – Progress Report
Anna Hopkins and Dave Henley
June 2009
The formation of dry sapwood zones in conifers: A review Margaret Dick May 2009
Pruned stub infection trial - March 2009 assessments L. S. Bulman May 2009
Update on DNA trial: Comparing pruned and unpruned trees
Anna Hopkins
Tod Ramsfield
Matt Power
May 2008
Nectria infection of nursery stock: Berwick Forest Trial Margaret Dick and Matt Power April 2007
Nectria ecology summary Anna Hopkins March 2007
Nectria Ecology Anna Hopkins and Margaret Dick March 2007
Nectria Ecology Anna Hopkins March 2007
Nectria research updates 


Lindsay Bulman March 2007
Detection of Nectria fuckeliana in wood cores from pruned and un-pruned Pinus radiata. Second year results Matthew Power and Tod Ramsfield Feb 2007
Nectria in pruned and unpruned trees Tod Ramsfield and Matt Power May 2007
The effect of pruning on the presence of Nectria fuckeliana  Tod Ramsfield and Matt Power March 2007
Detection of Nectria fuckeliana in wood cores from pruned and un-pruned Pinus radiata – Interim Report
Matt Power and Tod Ramsfield June 2006
Nectria research updates Lindsay Bulman June 2006
Ecology and epidemiology of Nectria fuckeliana in Pinus radiata: First- year results
Patricia E. Crane May 2006
Protection of pruned stubs against invasion by Nectria fuckeliana Margaret Dick and Lindsay Bulman May 2006
Protection of pruned stubs against invasion by Nectria fuckeliana
Margaret Dick and Lindsay Bulman May 2006
Nectria Ecology update Margaret Dick Feb 2006
Susceptibility of other conifers to infection by Nectria fuckeliana and
canker formation, Interim report
Margaret Dick and Crystal Kelly Feb 2006
Infection of Nursery Stock by Nectria, Interim Report
Margaret Dick Jan 2006
Nectria fuckeliana infection of Pinus radiata in New Zealand: Research approach and interim results
Margaret Dick, Lindsay Bulman and Patricia Crane Sept 2005
Investigation of the relationship between Sphaeropsis sapinea and Nectria fuckeliana Matt Power and Tod Ramsfield Oct 2005
Nectria fuckeliana infection of nursery plants
Margaret Dick Sept 2005

Nectria fluting disease of Pinus radiata: ecology and epidemiology

Patricia E. Crane June 2005
Nectria Focus Group Update Gordon Hosking June 2005
Ecology and epidemiology of Nectria fuckeliana on radiata pine: a research proposal
Patricia Crane April 2005
National Nectria Survey
Lindsay Bulman March 2005
Progress report on Nectria research
Lindsay Bulman Feb 2005
Evaluation of increment cores as a method for verifying presence of  
Nectria in stems and sampling protocol

Margaret Dick Dec 2004