12 Jan 2022

Protecting New Zealand pine trees from disease

From Summer Times, 9:10 am on 12 January 2022

Dr Rebecca McDougal is a forest pathologist at Scion - a government-owned company that carries out scientific research for the benefit of New Zealand. She is part of a team at the leading-edge of understanding complex Pine tree diseases that are threatening to wipe out a national taonga and seriously damage a valuable export crop. She joins us to explain exactly what her work involves and why it's important.

Forestry section in Port Underwood, South Island, New Zealand

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