Projects

New aerodynamic design principles for effective insect traps

Lead By Rachael Horner ([email protected]) . 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 ([email protected]). Duration: July 2020 - June 2022 Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions

Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) and its vectors in the native estate

Lead By Jessica Vereijssen ([email protected]). Duration: Project 1B20.3 runs from 2020 - 2025 (5 Years) Theme 1: Understanding Risk

Improving risk prediction & reducing uncertainty pre-release for classical biocontrol agents

Lead By Gonzalo Avila ([email protected]) and Toni Withers ([email protected]). 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 ([email protected]). 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 ([email protected]). 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 ([email protected]). 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 ([email protected]). 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 ([email protected]). Duration: Project 2C17.13 ran from 2017 – 2022 (5 Years), then was extended from 2022 - 2024 (2 Years). Theme 2: 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

Using molecular systematics to enhance diagnostics and predict biosecurity risk

Lead By Peter Johnston ([email protected]). Duration: Project D17.2 ran for five years from July 2017 – June 2022 Theme D: Diagnostics

eRNA as a molecular diagnostic tool targeting viable Phytophthora spp. and other oomycetes for biomonitoring in plant production nurseries

Lead By Rebecca McDougal. Duration: July 2017 – June 2021 (4 yrs) Theme D: Diagnostics

Alternative Strategies for determination of biosecurity risk using high throughput sequencing (enterobacteriaceae & Xylella)

Lead By Sandra Visnovsky ([email protected]). Duration: Project D17.25 ran for five years from July 2017 – June 2022 Theme D: Diagnostics

Confidence in stable isotopes to verify a high risk pest incursion as foreign or NZ established

Lead By Karen Armstrong ([email protected]). Duration: Project D19.8 ran for three years from July 2019 – June 2022 Theme D: Diagnostics

Diagnosis of irradiated insects and fruit

Lead By Ela Sawicka . Duration: July 2019 – June 2021 (2 yr) Theme D: Diagnostics

Improving the attractiveness of cuelure for better detection and eradication of invasive fruit flies

Lead By Ashraf El Sayed ([email protected]). Duration: Project E19.12 ran for three years from July 2019 – June 2022 E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response

eDNA detection of invasive insects

Lead By Simon Bulman ([email protected]). Duration: Project E19.11 ran for three years from July 2019 – June 2022 E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response

Socially-acceptable eradication tools underpinned by modelling for eradication (BMSB, QFF, Codling moth, SWD)

Lead By Lloyd Stringer ([email protected]). Duration: Project E17.31 ran for five years from July 2017 – June 2022 E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response

Biosecurity excellence in port communities

Lead By John Kean ([email protected]). Duration: Project E17.28 ran for five years from July 2017 – June 2022 E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response

Improved surveillance tools for key biosecurity targets (fruit flies, Gypsy moth)

Lead By Flore Mas ([email protected]). Duration: Project E17.27 ran for five years from July 2017 – June 2022 E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response