Current Projects
Cross-theme projects
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 Theme A - Risk Assessment (Intentional 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 Theme B - Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions)
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) 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) 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 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 Theme C - Pathway Risk Management
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 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 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 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 Theme D - Diagnostics
Beyond soil baiting: toward application of an eRNA diagnostic tool for Phytophthora
Lead By Darryl Herron (darryl.herron@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 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 Theme E - Surveillance and Eradication
eDNA for terrestrial biosecurity monitoring
Lead By Andrew Cridge (Andrew.Cridge@scionresearch.com). 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 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 