Nectria flute canker in New Zealand
- Infection courts used by Neonectria fuckeliana, the cause of nectria flute canker
From Forest Health News 220, November/December 2011. Although flute cankers caused by Neonectria fuckeliana are invariably associated with pruned branch stubs, studies have shown that direct entry through the stub…
- Canker in our pine plantations
Nectria flute canker. From Biosecurity 99, August 2010. Nectria flute canker demonstrates just how difficult and complex biosecurity problems can be – and the value of science in helping find…
- Nectria flute canker – a disease almost beaten?
From Forest Health News 195, May/June 2009. When Nectria flute canker was first recognised in New Zealand on Pinus radiata, nothing was known about the disease. The causal agent, Neonectria…
- Nectria ecology collaboration with Scandanavia
From Forest Health News 188, October 2008. Neonectria fuckeliana is the fungus associated with Nectria flute canker disease in Pinus radiata in the South Island of New Zealand. The fungus…
- Update on nectria flute canker
UPDATE ON NECTRIA FLUTE CANKER, Forest Health News 183, April 2008. NECTRIA ECOLOGY PROGRAMME, Forest Health News 183, April 2008. NECTRIA FOCUS GROUP MEETING, Forest Health News 183, April 2008.…
- Nectria flute canker
Forest Health News 180, January 2008. Nectria flute canker is now well known as a fungal disease affecting Pinus radiata in the southern region of New Zealand, associated with the fungus Nectria…
- Nectria fuckeliana in pruned an unpruned trees
From Forest Health News No. 175, July 2007. Last year we reported an unexpected finding that the DNA of Nectria fuckeliana was detected in both pruned and unpruned trees (see FH…
- Nectria disease of Pinus radiata
From Forest Health News 170, February 2007. Nectria disease of Pinus radiata Nectria pruning trial Nectria surveys Nectria infection of nursery stock Nectria field guide available Nectria disease of…
- Detection of Nectria fuckeliana in pruned and unpruned trees
From Forest Health News 167, October 2006. As reported in Forest Health News 165 August 2006, a DNA-based method was used to detect the presence of Nectria fuckeliana within pruned and unpruned…
- Nectria disease of radiata pine
From Forest Health News 165, August 2006. A relationship between pruning and the presence of N. fuckeliana? Nectria fuckeliana is widely distributed throughout the Otago/Southland region and it is hypothesised…
- Research update on nectria disease of radiata pine
From Forest Health News 155, September 2005. A comprehensive research programme was begun in January this year to answer some basic questions about the ecology and epidemiology of the fungus Nectria fuckeliana…
- The nectria research programme
From Forest Health News 147, December 2004. A stem malformation problem has arisen following pruning in Pinus radiata plantations in Southland and Otago, associated with infection by a fungus named Nectria…
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Sunday, April 03, 2022
The pastoral and forest industries are mourning the recent passing of Rob McLagan, who served as Chief Executive of both Federated Farmers and the Forest Owners Association. Rob was CE…
- Joint efforts under way after unwanted pest detected in Tauranga
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Biosecurity New Zealand is working with primary sector and Te Tiriti partners after a single confirmed egg mass belonging to the moth pest the fall armyworm was found in Tauranga.…
- Forest Biosecurity update March 2022
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Check out the latest Biosecurity newsletter which gives an update on the biosecurity surveillance system, pitch pine canker, red needle cast, tortoise beetles, a new ladybird (always good) and the…
- Forest Owners says IPCC doesn't back Anne Salmond
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
The Forest Owners Association says highly qualified reservations in the latest International Panel on Climate Change report, do not back anthropologist Anne Salmond’s claims that New Zealand should switch exclusively…
- Forest Owners puzzled at overseas investment reform
Thursday, February 24, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is asking why the government needs to reintroduce more process around overseas investment for conversions from pasture to plantation forests. The Associate Minister of Finance, David…
- Forest Owners tell government to look across the Tasman
Monday, February 21, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is telling the government that Australia’s support of plantation forestry is in sharp contrast to the increasingly restrictive measures being promised in New Zealand by our…
- The folly of the native forest carbon solution
Monday, February 21, 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s recently publicised views, that planting native forests offer the best solution to the climate crisis, is misinformed and misleading. Association President Graham West says the overwhelming…
- Forestry Minister has strategic leadership opportunity in farm forestry
Friday, February 04, 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says Forestry Minister, Stuart Nash, should incentivise farmers to plant more trees to combat climate change. Association President Graham West asks, “Why isn’t the government working…
- Forest Owners challenge Federated Farmers to prove misleading carbon farming claims
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is telling Federated Farmers that it needs to educate itself about how the Overseas Investment Act works before making any more false claims about non-existent overseas…
- Further tax changes possible
Monday, January 17, 2022
Changes are possible to the ‘cost of standing timber’ provisions of the Income Tax Act. Farm Forestry members have been working to help willing owners aggregate their forests for economies…
- Forest Owners say Fish and Game barking up the wrong tree
Thursday, December 09, 2021
The Forest Owners Association says Fish and Game’s criticism of exotic plantation forests doesn’t accord with reality. “Fish and Game is, quite simply, barking up the wrong tree when it…
- Changing causes and impacts of unwanted fires in our forest and rural landscapes
Friday, December 03, 2021
Commercial forests and climate change are regularly cited as contributors to an increase in unwanted rural fires in New Zealand. However, evidence suggests other factors are exacerbating the causes and…
- Consultation opens for registration of forestry advisers and log traders
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Key players in the forestry industry are encouraged to have their say on the design of a new registration system for log traders and forestry advisors with consultation opening today.…
- Forest Owners says lessons for New Zealand in UN Wood-Based Products Report
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Forest Owners Association says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has laid down a blueprint for the New Zealand forest and wood industry, with the release of ‘Forest Products…
- New Zealand Forest Owners sign on to International Wood Manifesto leading into COP26
Thursday, October 28, 2021
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association has joined 17 other forest and timber organisations around the world in launching the International Wood Manifesto in London, to lead into the crucial…
- Forest Owners say ‘back the bat’
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Forest Owners Association is urging its members and the public to vote for the pekapeka – the Long-Tailed Bat - in the Forest and Bird sponsored Bird of the…
- Forest Owners says extra planting ‘just as well’ given slippage on carbon reduction targets
Friday, October 15, 2021
The Forest Owners Association is saying that foresters’ intentions to plant more trees is an immediate and practical insurance against New Zealand not achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Association…
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