New Bioprotection Projects Started
A number of new projects have been funded for the 2006 - 2009 period. These are:
Biosecurity
|
Theme |
Project No. |
Project Leader and Affiliation |
Title |
Funding per annum (GST incl.) |
|
1 |
3 |
Assoc. Prof. Richard Duncan (Lincoln University) |
Predicting weed naturalisation, spread and decline |
$170k |
|
1 |
4 |
Dr David Teulon (Crop & Food Research) |
Exploiting the host finding behaviour of thrips: underlying principles |
$60k |
|
1 |
5 |
Dr Karen Armstrong/Dr Tim Clough (Lincoln University) |
Emerging technologies for border diagnostics: Pest identification using genetic and stable isotope signatures |
$175k |
|
1 |
6 |
Dr Sue Worner (Lincoln University) |
Intelligent systems for biosecurity |
$205k |
Biocontrol
|
Theme |
Project No. |
Project Leader and Affiliation |
Title |
Funding per annum (GST incl.) |
|
2 |
4 |
Dr Mike Pearson (University of Auckland) |
Can viruses be used as biological control agents for Botrytis cinerea?
|
$105k |
|
2 |
5 |
Assoc. Prof. Leo Condron (Lincoln University) |
Soil-plant-microbe interactions and plant health |
$100k |
|
2 |
6 |
Dr Graeme Bourdôt (AgResearch) |
Understanding multi-trophic interactions in a biological control context |
$157k |
|
2 |
7 |
Dr Mike Brownbridge (AgResearch) |
New sources of bioactive compounds and insights into factors influencing fungal activity and persistence in soil |
$75k |
|
2 |
8 |
Prof. Steve Wratten (Lincoln University) |
Biodiversity and ecosystem function: capturing the vital role of spatial scale in pest biocontrol |
$198k |
Agri-biotechnology
|
Theme |
Project No. |
Project Leader and Affiliation |
Title |
Funding per annum (GST incl.) |
|
3 |
3 |
Dr Rosie Bradshaw (Massey University) |
Unusual regulation of toxins in plant pathogens |
$150k |
| 3 | 4 | Prof. Tony Connor Dr Colin Eady (Crop & Food Research) |
How do Plasmodiophorid pathogens modify host plants | $133k |
| 3 | 5 | Dr Kim Plummer (LaTrobe University) | Identification of genes involved in infection and survival ofSclerotinia sclerotiorum |
$125,356 |
|
3 |
6 |
Prof. Barry Scott (Massey University) |
Signalling in a mutualistic symbiosis |
$194k |
Matauranga Maori Bio-Protection
|
Theme |
Project No. |
Project Leader and Affiliation |
Title |
Funding per annum (GST incl.) |
| 4 | 2 | Dr Nick Roskruge (Massey University) | Whakatupua oranga o nga kai-a-Rongo | 30k |
Details of the individual projects will be published on this website soon.
