Nectria flute canker in New Zealand
- Infection courts used by Neonectria fuckeliana, the cause of nectria flute canker
From Forest Health News 220, November/December 2011. Although flute cankers caused by Neonectria fuckeliana are invariably associated with pruned branch stubs, studies have shown that direct entry through the stub…
- Canker in our pine plantations
Nectria flute canker. From Biosecurity 99, August 2010. Nectria flute canker demonstrates just how difficult and complex biosecurity problems can be – and the value of science in helping find…
- Nectria flute canker – a disease almost beaten?
From Forest Health News 195, May/June 2009. When Nectria flute canker was first recognised in New Zealand on Pinus radiata, nothing was known about the disease. The causal agent, Neonectria…
- Nectria ecology collaboration with Scandanavia
From Forest Health News 188, October 2008. Neonectria fuckeliana is the fungus associated with Nectria flute canker disease in Pinus radiata in the South Island of New Zealand. The fungus…
- Update on nectria flute canker
UPDATE ON NECTRIA FLUTE CANKER, Forest Health News 183, April 2008. NECTRIA ECOLOGY PROGRAMME, Forest Health News 183, April 2008. NECTRIA FOCUS GROUP MEETING, Forest Health News 183, April 2008.…
- Nectria flute canker
Forest Health News 180, January 2008. Nectria flute canker is now well known as a fungal disease affecting Pinus radiata in the southern region of New Zealand, associated with the fungus Nectria…
- Nectria fuckeliana in pruned an unpruned trees
From Forest Health News No. 175, July 2007. Last year we reported an unexpected finding that the DNA of Nectria fuckeliana was detected in both pruned and unpruned trees (see FH…
- Nectria disease of Pinus radiata
From Forest Health News 170, February 2007. Nectria disease of Pinus radiata Nectria pruning trial Nectria surveys Nectria infection of nursery stock Nectria field guide available Nectria disease of…
- Detection of Nectria fuckeliana in pruned and unpruned trees
From Forest Health News 167, October 2006. As reported in Forest Health News 165 August 2006, a DNA-based method was used to detect the presence of Nectria fuckeliana within pruned and unpruned…
- Nectria disease of radiata pine
From Forest Health News 165, August 2006. A relationship between pruning and the presence of N. fuckeliana? Nectria fuckeliana is widely distributed throughout the Otago/Southland region and it is hypothesised…
- Research update on nectria disease of radiata pine
From Forest Health News 155, September 2005. A comprehensive research programme was begun in January this year to answer some basic questions about the ecology and epidemiology of the fungus Nectria fuckeliana…
- The nectria research programme
From Forest Health News 147, December 2004. A stem malformation problem has arisen following pruning in Pinus radiata plantations in Southland and Otago, associated with infection by a fungus named Nectria…
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- Update to the Forest Owners Association Road Engineering Manual: Forest Road Design for HPMVs.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The NZFOA/NZFFA Transport and Logistics committee is pleased to announce the release of a new appendix to the New Zealand Forest Owners Road Engineering Manual, titled Forest Roads for High…
- Emissions Trading Scheme fee review a relief for cost-struck foresters
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association says the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) fees is a relief for foresters facing excessive costs and loss of climate change action. …
- Planting trees on pasture can have a positive impact on soil health
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Rather than damaging soil in New Zealand, planting trees on pasture restores soil to be similar to its original condition. A recent news story highlighting changes in soils from converting…
- Forest plantation soils have benefits too
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says the fact that soils under plantation forests are similar to soils under native trees, does not make them damaged, as a recent Newshub report has claimed.…
- Wilding Conifers - A legacy issue that needs continued, collaborative management
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Forest owners welcome the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) acknowledgement that the presence of wilding conifers across New Zealand is largely a legacy issue, but caution against placing costs…
- Stock take of the commercially viable alternatives to Pinus radiata
Tuesday, October 03, 2023
Scion has published a “Stock Take of the Commercially Viable Alternatives to Pinus Radiata” for MPI, which reviews alternative species, their expected growth rates, climatic range, resilience to pests or…
- SNA regulations 'confusing ecological naivety'
Thursday, July 06, 2023
Forest Owners say the just released National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) is a classic bureaucratic formula of confusing ecological naivety which will not help rare species and likely…
- Primary sector leadership not addressing economics as the real climate change issue
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
The immediate past president of the Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) says the leaders of the primary sector and government are ineffectively tinkering with lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Graham West says the…
- Forest Owners hail ‘Biosecurity Hero’
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…
- Forest Owners say carbon-only forestry should be kept off productive land
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
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The NZ Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) is running 18 extension workshops in May and June with a target audience of landowners, or people with access to land, who are potential tree…
- Forest Owners back more trees for Tairawhiti
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…
- Small scale woodlot owners have their say in Tairawhiti Land use Inquiry
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.…
- Future forests need to be multifunctional to meet climate change in Tairawhiti
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Farm Forestry Association says the just convened Ministerial Inquiry, into land-use across Tairāwhiti, needs to look closely at the tree options for shoring up vulnerable farm and former forest land in…
- Hill country farming campaign shows they think climate change is someone else’s problem
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…
- Forest Owners want genetic technology approved
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Organisation says New Zealand needs to concentrate on the safety of genetic technology on a case-by-case basis rather than persisting with blanket bans. The FOA wants approval…
- Fieldays Forestry Hub to demonstrate that forestry is a solution
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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