Phytophthora, a disease of forestry in New Zealand
- Root rot caused by Phytophthora species
From Scion publication Forest Research Bulletin 220, An Introduction to The Diseases of Forest and Amenity Trees in New Zealand, G.S.Ridley and M.A. Dick 2001. Species: Phytophthora cactorum (Fig. 3), P.…
- Phytophthora agathadicida
Critical kauri seed collection taking place From Forest Health News 288, May 2019. One of the biggest kauri seed collections to be undertaken in decades has just been completed across the upper North…
- Phytophthora inundata
NEW TO NEW ZEALAND ORGANISM Detection and Identification in New Zealand Notified to MAFBNZ June 2007 as a New to New Zealand find in soil under Pinus radiata and reported again…
- Phytophthora kernoviae
Phytophthora kernoviae: Past investigation throws up new answers From Biosecurity issue 82, March 2008. A classic piece of scientific detective work and collaboration has thrown new light on a woodland pathogen…
- Phytophthora pinifolia
Not present in New Zealand. Field Identification Guide for Daño Foliar del Pino (DFP) PDF, December 2007 Lindsay Bulman and Rebecca Ganley, Forest Biosecurity and Protection, Scion. Report on visit to Chile…
- Phytophthora ramorum
Not present in New Zealand New "species" of Phytophthora? From Forest Health News 164, July 2006. Nod Kay was granted a Research Fellowship from the OECD Co-operative Research Programme to visit Alice…
- Downscaling for higher throughput and reduced resource use – new fungicide sensitivity assay
From Forest Health News 286, December 2018. A high-throughput bioassay to screen sensitivity of species of Phytophthora to fungicides has been developed1. The research by Scion-based Master of Science student, Shannon Hunter, uses…
- Fighting Phytophthora in forests
Nari Williams and Michelle Harnett, New Zealand Tree Grower November 2017. Scary-looking on paper and even scarier in forests, the word Phytophthora does not seem to have enough vowels in…
- Screening for resistance to Phytophthora
From Forest Health News 253, January/February 2015. Phytophthora is a genus of soil or airborne plant pathogens that infect a vast range of plant species worldwide. In New Zealand, three…
- Phytophthora identification
From Forest Health News 210, October/November 2010. The genus Phytophthora contains some of the most destructive species of plant pathogens known to man. By the end of the 20th century…
- Facing the Phytophthora challenge
From Biosecurity, issue 99, August 2010. Concerns are growing internationally as scientists learn more about the increasing number of serious plant and tree diseases found to be caused by Phytophthora…
- Spotlight on new species of Phytophthora
From Biosecurity 97, April 2010. The death of kauri trees caused by Phytophthora has attracted attention recently. But why do there seem to be so many “new” species of this…
- Control of phytophthora root rot in forest nurseries
From Forest Health News 194, April 2009. Forest nurseries in New Zealand typically operate with a considerable level of chemical intervention in order to manage a range of weeds, insect…
- Diagnostics: Screening for Phytophthora in pine needles
From Forest Health News 184, May 2008. Sample of Pinus radiata for Phytophthora baiting test Daño Foliar del Pino (DFP) is a newly described disease of Pinus radiata foliage in Chile where there is…
- Phytophthora diseases of trees
From Forest Health News 178, October/November 2007. Phytophthora spp. are some of the most invasive plant pathogens known world-wide. Several are of global importance as they have been widely dispersed by trade…
- Sampling soil for pathogens of trees and shrubs
From Forest Health News No. 177, September 2007. Species of Phytophthora are particularly well-known soil-dwelling, root-infecting pathogens. A few Phytophthora spp. are able to carry on their life cycle above ground…
- New "species" of Phytophthora?
From Forest Health News 164, July 2006. Nod Kay was granted a Research Fellowship from the OECD Co-operative Research Programme to visit Alice Holt Lodge, UK Forestry Commission, Farnham, from 15 May…
- Phytophthora causing crown dieback of Eucalyptus
From Forest Health News 162 May 2006. New species of Phytophthora causing crown dieback of Eucalyptus A locally severe crown disease of Eucalyptus trees has been recorded since 1986. The…
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- Forest Owners call for forest trade mission to India
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- Forest Owners and Federated Farmers mourn passing of former Chief Executive of both organisations
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…
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