Current Projects
Cross-theme projects
Empowering Te Ao Māori responses to biosecurity threats to taonga species, native ecosystems, and communities (New in 2022)
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 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 Theme A - Risk Assessment (Intentional Introductions)
He waka hourua: Matāuranga and Western science navigate a safe course for future biocontrol (New in 2022)
Lead By Waipaina Awarau-Morris, Ngāti Porou iwi (waipaina.awarau-morris@agresearch.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 (New in 2022)
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 (New in 2022)
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 (New in 2022)
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 (New in 2022)
Lead By Soonie Chng (Soonie.Chng@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B22.5 runs from 2022 - 2023 (1 year) B: Risk Assessment (Unintentional Introductions) 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 June 2021 - June 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 July 2020 - June 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 July 2019 – June 2025 (5 yr) Theme B: Risk assessment – Unintentional Introductions Theme C - Pathway Risk Management
The risk of diapausing pest insects on pathways to NZ (New in 2022)
Lead By Jessica Vereijssen (Jessica.Vereijssen@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.13 runs for four years from 2022 - 2026 C: Pathway Risk Management Accelerated aging of plants to shorten the post-entry quarantine testing period (New in 2022)
Lead By Rebekah Frampton (rebekah.frampton@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.12 runs for five years from 2022 - 2027 C: Pathway Risk Management De-risking the plant tissue culture pathway (New in 2022)
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 (New in 2022)
Lead By Kambiz Esfandi (Kambiz.Esfandi@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C22.9 runs for 5 years from 2022 - 2027 C: Pathway Risk Management Automatic detection of contaminants on shipping container exteriors
Lead By Munir Shah (munir.shar@agresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project C21.7 runs from June 2021 - June 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 for 3 years from June 2021 - June 2024 C: Pathway Risk Management Novel sensor approaches to sniff out biosecurity threats (BMSB, QFF) – extended in 2022
Lead By Melissa Jordan (melissa.jordan@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project C17.13 ran from July 2017 – June 2022 (5 years), then was extended from 2022 - 2024. Theme C: Pathway risk management Theme D - Diagnostics
Beyond soil baiting: toward application of an eRNA diagnostic tool for Phytophthora (New in 2022)
Lead By Darryl Herron (darryl.herron@scionresearch.com). Duration: Project D22.17 runs for three years from 2022 - 2025 D: Diagnostics Metatranscriptomics informing the relevance of pathogen disease biomarkers in plants (New in 2022)
Lead By Sandra Visnovsky (Sandra.Visnovsky@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project D22.16 runs for five years from 2022 - 2027 D: Diagnostics Using images and deep learning for the identification of high-risk insect species (New in 2022)
Lead By Darren Ward (wardda@landcareresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project D22.15 runs for five years from 2022 - 2027 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 for one year from June 2021 - June 2022, then was extended for four years from 2022 - 2026 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 for three years from June 2021 - June 2024 D: Diagnostics Theme E - Surveillance and Eradication
eDNA for terrestrial biosecurity monitoring (New in 2022)
Lead By Andrew Cridge (Andrew.Cridge@scionresearch.com). Duration: Project E22.19 runs for five years from 2022 - 2027 E: Eradication, Surveillance and Response Expanding our eradication toolbox in NZ: Is biocontrol a feasible tool to incorporate in a response? (New in 2022)
Lead By Rachael Horner (Rachael.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project E22.18 runs for two years from 2022 - 2024 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 for three years from June 2021 - June 2024 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 runs for two years from June 2021 - June 2023 E: Surveillance, response and eradication 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 