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Pandemic Exposes Fractured Global Biosecurity System
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 5:47 am | Bio Protection Research Centre
The world needs a new approach to biosecurity that can identify and deal with potential pandemics however they arise, says biosecurity expert Distinguished Professor Philip Hulme. Dist Prof Hulme, of the Bio-Protection Research Centre, says COVID-19 has ... More >>
Pine needle blight pathogen gets weaker in New Zealand
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 11:54 am | Bio Protection Research Centre
New Zealanders are used to hearing about plant diseases that arrive here and wreak havoc. More >>
Study shows pathogens lurking in farm and forest soil
Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 10:17 am | Bio Protection Research Centre
Cutting-edge science has revealed for the first time what microbes are lurking in our soil – and that there are many more harmful ones on farms and in plantation forests than in natural forests. More >>
Biosecurity works for NZ agriculture but not forestry
Friday, 1 June 2018, 8:45 am | Bio Protection Research Centre
The recent arrival of myrtle rust in New Zealand has led many to question whether our biosecurity system is really world-class, particularly in keeping plant diseases out of the country. More >>
Drought will bring more crop disease, scientists warn
Monday, 7 May 2018, 4:01 pm | Bio Protection Research Centre
New Zealand’s land-based primary industries need to get ready for more, and more serious, crop disease as climate change causes more and longer droughts, according to new research. More >>
Bug could invade New Zealand homes
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 11:02 am | Bio Protection Research Centre
New Zealand’s homes, not just its horticulture and viticulture industries, could be at risk if the brown marmorated stink bug establishes in this country, a scientist has warned. More >>
Food production system ‘unsustainable’
Monday, 5 March 2018, 9:23 am | Bio Protection Research Centre
New Zealand agriculture needs to become more sustainable to capitalise on the clean, green, unspoiled image the country has overseas. More >>
