Summer Scholars Named
The students will be based at Lincoln, Massey and Auckland Universities and will begin their projects in mid-November.
Summer Scholarships provide talented students with the opportunity to spend time in a research environment contributing to on-going projects and to get paid doing it! Each 10-week scholarship is valued at $5000 (tax free).
The projects which have attracted students this year cover a whole range of bioprotection science areas including computer modelling, molecular biology and plant pest management.
Students and their projects are:
Viruses in epichloë endophytes - symbionts of symbionts?
Student: David Leslie
Supervisor: Mike Pearson,
University of
Auckland
Psyllid Management on Taewa (Solanum tuberosum spp. andigena)
Student: Aleise Puketapu
Supervisor: Nick Roskruge,
Massey
University
Development of a bioassay to screen biocontrol agents against aerial infection by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Brassica leaves
Student: Michelle Pan
Supervisors: Mark Braithwaite, Alison Stewart
Characterisation of an Argentine stem weevil crowding pheromone that leads to density-dependent reduction in per capita egg-laying effort
Student: Erika Oudshoorn
Supervisors: Jessica Dohmen-Vereijssen, Stephen Goldson
Genome studies of Pectobacterium causing disease on potato
Student: Pavithra Coimbatore Ramakrishnan
Supervisor: Andrew Pitman
Discovery of biological control agents for Diamondback moth
Student: Meghana Desai
Supervisor: Tamara Roush, John Hampton
Exploring the microbial diversity of brassica seeds
Student: Jasmine (Weixing) Wong
Supervisor: Eline van Zijll de Jong, John Hampton
Comparing the predictive performance of bioclimatic models
Student: Catherine Cumpstone
Supervisor: Sue Worner
Predicting insect populations using climate variables and other abiotic variables
Student: Dudley Crabbe
Supervisor: Sue Worner, David Teulon
Floral resource provision for insect communities: the effect on multi-trophic interactions in agricultural systems
Student: Andrew Pugh
Supervisor: Steve Wratten, Dean O'Connell, Jason Tylianakis
