New Bioprotection Projects Started update
Details of all new projects funded for the 2006 - 2009 period are now on this website. In summary, 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 (Lincoln University) Stable isotopes as geographic-origin markers of exotic insects $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)
Tracking the fate and dynamics of entomopathogenic fungi 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
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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 (Crop & Food Research) | How do Plasmodiophorid pathogens modify host plants? | $133k |
| 3 | 5 | Dr Kim Plummer (LaTrobe University) | Identification of fungal pathogenicity genes using gene silencing |
$120k |
|
3 |
6 |
Prof. Barry Scott (Massey University) |
Signalling in a mutualistic symbiosis |
$194k |
Matauranga Maori Bio-Protection
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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 |
| 4 | 3 | Dr Shaun Ogilvie | New pathways for restoring native plants on production lands with associated Maori knowledge and practice | 170k |
