Cyclaneusma needle-cast
- Cyclaneusma needle cast
From Field Assessment, Control and Identification of Common Foliage Diseases of Pine in New Zealand. In this page: Diagnostic features Disease location Primary diagnostic features of cyclaneusma needle cast Affected trees…
- Cyclaneusma Needle-cast of Pines
Forest Pathology in New Zealand No 11. Causal organism Cyclaneusma minus (Butin) Di Cosmo, Peredo & Minter (=Naemacyclus minor Butin) Cyclaneusma niveum (Pers) Di Cosmo, Peredo & Minter (=Naemacyclus niveus (Pers) Fuckel…
- Needle cast caused by Cyclaneusma minus
From Scion publication Forest Research Bulletin 220, An Introduction to The Diseases of Forest and Amenity Trees in New Zealand, G.S.Ridley and M.A. Dick 2001. Species: Cyclaneusma minus (Ascomycete) Common name:…
- Cyclaneusma needle cast in New Zealand
From Forest Research Bulletin No. 222. Cyclaneusma needle-cast is a fungal disease caused by C. minus which infects and sometimes kills Pinus radiata. It is thought to cause average growth losses…
- Molecular characterisation of Cyclaneusma spp. from New Zealand plantations
From Forest Health News 245, February 2014. Cyclaneusma needle-cast (CNC) is a foliar disease of Pinus radiata that has been known to cause a major impact on growth in some…
- Predicting the severity of Cyclaneusma minus on Pinus radiata in New Zealand
From Forest Health News 217 July 2011. Cyclaneusma needle cast caused by the pathogen Cyclaneusma minus occurs widely in Pinus radiata plantations throughout New Zealand. The disease, which began causing…
- Cyclaneusma minus, needle cast
From Forest health News 82, February 1999. There is a follow-on problem with Cyclaneusma minus . This needle-cast disease caused significant crown loss to areas of radiata pine in northern…
- Defoliation of Pinus radiata
From Forest Health News 78, September 1998. Late winter and early spring of 1998 has brought reports of serious defoliation of Pinus radiata from a number of the Forest Health…
- Cyclaneusma delayed thinning trials
From Forest health News 61, March 1997. In 1985, trials to test the effects of applying five different thinning ratios at five crop ages on the incidence of Cyclaneusma needle-cast…
- Cyclaneusma trials
From Forest Health News 59, December 1996- January 1997. Regional variation in incidence and severity of Cyclaneusma is well recognised, but regional disease/growth loss relationships had not been quantified. So…
- Cyclaneusma needle cast
From Forest Health News No. 46, September 1995. This season is proving to be a particularly bad one for Cyclaneusma needle-cast and samples have been steadily coming into the pathology…
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Monday, May 22, 2023
The Forest Owners Association and Scion want more people to report suspicious imported wood products which might be infested with introduced wood and forest pests. FOA Biosecurity Manager, Brendan Gould,…
- Ministerial inquiry could have widespread implications for Tairawhiti community
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry says the just announced Tairawhiti land use inquiry is recommending measures which will stop the very activities which are vital for the region’s recovery.…
- Tairawhiti land use inquiry not addressing wider issues
Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the Ministerial Inquiry into landuse in Tarawhiti has a core of practical recommendations, but has not addressed some more difficult and fundamental issues. President, Grant…
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association would like to see production forestry and farming on productive land – rather than this land used for carbon-only forests. It says this should be a…
- Opportunities from Trees Workshops - NZ Wide
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Association has told the Ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti, that the region’s future has to include more trees for land stability. But it appreciates forest…
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Sunday, April 02, 2023
he outgoing President of the Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti.…
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
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Thursday, March 09, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the latest campaign against forestry, led by Beef+Lamb New Zealand and 50 Shades of Green, is climate change responsibility denial, and is dangerous in the…
- Forest Owners says two months too brief to look into the complex land issues in Tairawhiti.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the two month long inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti doesn’t give enough time or depth to find solutions. The Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins has…
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
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Monday, November 28, 2022
A range of solutions to farmers’ current problems will be on display in the Fieldays Forestry Hub near Hamilton between 30 November and 3 December, says Farm Forestry Association president,…
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