Fungus could be answer to wilding pines 31 May 2021 14:48 PM
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Iwi could be asked to help spread an indigenous fungus which may help to control wilding pines.
A project by biology student Genevieve Early from the University of Canterbury’s Bio-Protection Research Centre has shown Armillaria novae-zealandiae, also known by Māori as harore, grows strongly on live or fresh pine wood.
Harore is common in native forests, where it is a natural part of the ecosystem, helping to decay fallen trees, but it’s known to be seriously destructive if it gets into pine plantations.
Ms Early says if it is approved for biological control of wilding pine, which are a major problem in many parts of the country, it may be of particular interest to iwi as a way of protecting landscapes and ecosystem values.
An indigenous New Zealand fungus may help to control wilding pines – one of the country’s most ecologically damaging weed species – a student’s research project shows. Wilding pine control costs New Zealand millions of dollars a year, and involves .
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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed a fractured global biosecurity system and a new approach is needed, a biosecurity expert says.
Bio-Protection Research Centre distinguished professor Philip Hulme
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The paper by distinguished professor Philip Hulme from the government funded Bio-Protection Research Centre has been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal
BioScience.
Hulme said Covid-19 had shown there needed to be an approach to biosecurity that integrated threats to human, animal, plant and environmental health, recognising that disease or invasions in one sector often spilled over into the others.