Projects
Prioritising social research for border biosecurity (New in 2023)
Lead By Andrea Grant (andrea.grant@scionresearch.com) Simon Wegner (simon.wegner@scionresearch.com). Duration: Project X23.3 runs from 2023 to 2024 (1 Year) Cross-theme project De-risking the tissue culture import pathway (New in 2023)
Lead By Hayley Ridgway (Hayley.Ridgway@plantandfood.co.nz) Simon Bulman (Simon.Bulman@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C23.2 runs from 2023 to 2026 (3 Years) C: Pathway Risk Management Risks from pathogens, pests and weeds in a changing climate (New in 2023)
Lead By Craig Phillips (craig.phillips@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: June 2023 to June 2026 B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) Empowering Te Ao Māori responses to biosecurity threats to taonga species, native ecosystems, and communities
Lead By Waipaina.Awarau-Morris, Ngāti Porou iwi (Waipaina.Awarau-Morris@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project X22.23 runs from 2022 - 2025 (3 years) Cross-theme project eDNA for terrestrial biosecurity monitoring
Lead By Andrew Cridge (Andrew.Cridge@scionresearch.com) and Simon Bulman (Simon.Bulman@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project E22.19 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 Years) E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response Expanding our eradication toolbox in NZ: Is biocontrol a feasible tool to incorporate in a response?
Lead By Rachael Horner (Rachael.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project E22.18 runs from 2022 - 2024 (2 Years) E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response Beyond soil baiting: toward application of an eRNA diagnostic tool for Phytophthora
Lead By Rebecca McDougal (rebecca.mcdougal@scionresearch.com) . Duration: Project D22.17 runs from 2022 - 2025 (3 Years) D: Diagnostics Metatranscriptomics informing the relevance of pathogen disease biomarkers in plants
Lead By Sandra Visnovsky (Sandra.Visnovsky@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project D22.16 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 Years) D: Diagnostics Using images and deep learning for the identification of high-risk insect species
Lead By Darren Ward (wardda@landcareresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project D22.15 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 Years) D: Diagnostics The risk of diapausing pest insects on pathways to NZ
Lead By Jessica Vereijssen (Jessica.Vereijssen@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.13 runs from 2022 - 2026 (4 Years) C: Pathway Risk Management Accelerated ageing of plants to shorten the post-entry quarantine testing period
Lead By Rebekah Frampton (rebekah.frampton@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.12 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 Years) C: Pathway Risk Management De-risking the plant tissue culture pathway
Lead By Hayley Ridgeway (Hayley.Ridgway@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.11 runs for one year from 2022 - 2023 C: Pathway Risk Management Rapid screening model for optimising commodity treatments
Lead By Jessica Vereijssen (jessica.vereijssen.@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.9 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 Years) C: Pathway Risk Management Further development of the Integrated Biosecurity Risk Assessment Model (IBRAM) for pathogens
Lead By Nari Williams (Nari.Williams@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B22.7 runs from 2022 - 2026 (4 years) B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) Predicting the spillover of pests and pathogens into natural ecosystems
Lead By Darren Ward (wardda@landcareresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project B22.6 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 years) B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) New risk assessment and detection tools for cereal and grass pathogens on the seed import pathway
Lead By Soonie Chng (Soonie.Chng@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B22.5 runs from 2022 - 2023 (1 year) B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) He Waka Hourua: Matāuranga and Western science navigate a safe course for future biocontrol
Lead By Waipaina Awarau-Morris, Ngāti Porou iwi (waipaina.awarau-morris@agresearch.co.nz) David Teulon (david.teulon@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project A22.3 runs from 2022 - 2025 (3 years) A: Risk Assessment: Intentional Introductions Testing the toolbox – reducing uncertainty around non-target impacts
Lead By Jacqui Todd (Jacqui.Todd@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project A22.1: 2022 - 2025 (3 years) A: Risk Assessment: Intentional Introductions Weaving together the complex web of biosecurity social networks
Lead By Philip Hulme (philip.hulme@lincoln.ac.nz). Duration: 2 years (June 2021 - June 2023) Cross-theme project Remote sensing to support surveillance, response and eradication
Lead By Federico Tomasetto (federico.tomasetto@agresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project E21.18 runs from 2021 - June 2024 (3 Years) E: Surveillance, response and eradication Improving UAV effectiveness for spot application of Btk during incursion responses
Lead By Justin Nairn (justin.nairn@scion.nz). Duration: Project E21.17 ran for two years from June 2021 - June 2023, then one-year extension to June 2024. E: Surveillance, response and eradication Deployable point-of-use pathogen bioelectric sensor
Lead By Marion Wood (marion.wood@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project D21.15 ran for one year from June 2021 - June 2022 D: Diagnostics The potential of mass spectral fingerprinting for solving tricky biosecurity issues
Lead By Alastair Ross (alastair.ross@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project D21.14 ran from 2021 - 2022 (1 Year) then was extended 2022 - 2026 (4 years) D: Diagnostics Integrated or not? Is this badnavirus viable and what is the risk?
Lead By Rebekah Frampton (rebekah.frampton@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project D21.3 runs from 2021 - 2024 (3 Years) D: Diagnostics Automatic detection of contaminants on shipping container exteriors
Lead By Mark McNeill (mark.mcneill@agresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project C21.7 runs from 2021 - 2024 (3 Years) C: Pathway Risk Management Unappreciated border biosecurity risks related to herbicide-resistant biotypes in imported seeds
Lead By Chris Buddenhagen (chris.buddenhagen@agresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project C21.10 runs from 2021 - 2024 (3 yrs) C: Pathway Risk Management Māori and Pasifika indigenous collaboration to identify pre-border biosecurity threats
Lead By Julia Soewarto (julia.soewarto@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project B21.4 runs from (June 2021 - June 2023) 2 years B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) Pest risk evaluation framework – extended to arable, horticulture and forestry industries
Lead By Craig Phillips (craig.phillips@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project B21.3 runs for 2 years, from June 2021 - June 2023 B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) Assessing the risk of rapid ōhi’a death to New Zealand and the South Pacific
Lead By Virginia Marroni (virginia.marroni@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B21.2 runs from 2021 - 2024 (3 Years) B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) Pre-emptive biocontrol risk assessment for high-risk biosecurity threats in New Zealand
Lead By Gonzalo Avila (gonzalo.avila@plantandfoodresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project A21.1 ran from June 2021 - June 2022 (1 year) A: Risk Assessment: Intentional Introductions B3 Project Proposal Planning Documents
Duration: Rapid response to biosecurity threats in nurseries
Lead By Emily McLay (emily.mclay@scionresearch.com) . Duration: Project E20.5 runs from July 2020 - June 2023 (3 yrs) E - Surveillance, Response & Eradication New aerodynamic design principles for effective insect traps
Lead By Rachael Horner (rachael.horner@plantandfood.co.nz) . Duration: Project E20.8 runs for three years from July 2020 - June 2023 E - Surveillance, Response & Eradication Global change and NZ biosecurity: risks and economics of future climates and trade patterns
Lead By Nicolas Meurisse (nicolas.meurisse@scionresearch.com). Duration: July 2020 - June 2022 Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) and its New Zealand vectors
Lead By Jessica Dohmen-Vereijssen (jessica.vereijssen@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B20.3 runs from 2020 - 2025 (5 Years) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Improving risk prediction & reducing uncertainty pre-release for classical biocontrol agents
Lead By Gonzalo Avila (gonzalo.avila@plantandfoodresearch.co.nz) and Toni Withers (toni.withers@scionresearch.com). Duration: Project A17.2 ran from 2017-2022 (5 yrs) Theme A: Risk assessment – Intentional Introductions Understanding the direct and indirect environmental impacts of biocontrol agent introductions to inform future decisions
Lead By Barbara Barratt (barbara.barratt@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project A17.3 ran from 2017-2022 (5 yrs) Theme A: Risk assessment – Intentional Introductions Sentinel plants to forecast & future proof NZ plant systems against pests & diseases
Lead By David Teulon. Duration: 2017-2020 (3 yr) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Integrated biosecurity risk assessment models for imports (Tilletia, BMSB, QFF)
Lead By Lisa Jamieson. Duration: 2017-2020 (3 yr) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Supporting pest risk assessments in natural ecosystems
Lead By Barbara Barratt (barbara.barratt@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: July 2019 – June 2022 (3 yr) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Predicting the risks and impacts of Xylella fastidiosa using sentinel plant network
Lead By Ronny Groenteman (GroentemanR@landcareresearch.co.nz). Duration: July 2019 – June 2022 (3 yr) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Biosecurity over the horizon: identifying invasive agricultural pests in China
Lead By Colin Ferguson (colin.ferguson@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project B19.3 runs from 2019 – 2025 (5 Years) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Risk reduction & quarantine treatments off-shore
Lead By Allan Woolf. Duration: July 2017- June 2021 (4 yr) Theme C: Pathway risk management Novel sensor approaches to sniff out biosecurity threats (BMSB, QFF)
Lead By Melissa Jordan (melissa.jordan@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C17.13 ran from 2017 – 2022 (5 Years), then was extended from 2022 - 2024 (2 Years). Theme C: Pathway risk management Tourism, biosecurity and pathways into NZ
Lead By Mike McKay. Duration: July 2017 – June 2021 (4 yr) Theme C: Pathway risk management Optimising biosecurity investment and effort across all invasion phases
Lead By Melissa Welsh. Duration: July 2017-June 2020 (3 yr) Theme C: Pathway risk management Network modelling of biosecurity risk associated with arable seed imports
Lead By Chris Buddenhagen. Duration: July 2018 – June 2021 Theme C: Pathway risk management Point of use plant pathogen bioelectric sensor (PSA, Xylella)
Lead By Marion Wood. Duration: July 2017 – June 2021 (3 yr – false start) Theme D: Diagnostics 