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Last year, NRT funding was used to purchase a critical piece of lab equipment – a commercial paint can shaker.

Are you interested in the ecological impacts of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand? If so, this could be the most useful paper of the decade!

In a first-of-its-kind study, Māori respondents show a willingness to engage in novel pest control technologies in order to preserve the interplay between local cultural identity and the distinct ecosystems of Aotearoa.

A suite of tools and information to help plant nurseries manage myrtle rust outbreaks this summer has been released by New Zealand Plant Producers Inc (NZPPI).

Austropuccinia psidii, the fungal pathogen that causes myrtle rust, has a large host range (at least 480 different species to date). How does this pathogen avoid detection by the plant defence mechanisms and successfully invade the plant tissues to gain nutrients from living cells?

Pest control using RNAi or gene editing technologies could be the way forward for eradicating some pests in Aotearoa. But are they socially acceptable?

Iwi, conservation groups, farmers, industry, businesses, government and individuals… everyone has options they can take to help reverse the decline of native biodiversity in Aotearoa New Zealand. But which options are best?

An innovative new pilot project aims to make it easier for pastoral farmers to protect and restore native biodiversity on their farms.

We’ve been hard at work articulating and illustrating what we are up to at Beyond Myrtle Rust. Here is our story.

Beyond Myrtle Rust would like to introduce and welcome our newest PhD student, Vladislav Kholostiakov, to the broader myrtle rust community.

Ramarama (Lophomyrtus bullata) and rōhutu (Lophomyrtus obcordata) are particularly susceptible to myrtle rust infection, with full tree death of ramarama first reported in 2020. It is critical we understand the reproduction of these species to ensure their survival.

A Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research study has found that native invertebrate communities can survive in fragmented mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) plantations, persevering alongside, and eventually superseding their introduced counterparts as the planted mānuka ages and is restored.