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Hunt for kauri that are resistant to kauri dieback disease
Researchers at Scion hope that thousands of tiny kauri seedlings might include some that are resistant to kauri dieback disease. Audio
Our Changing World for 5 July 2018
Testing kauri seedlings to find individual trees that might be resistant to kauri dieback disease, and native forest birds are thriving in Wellington city parks and reserves. Audio
Spotting kauri dieback from the sky
Plant pathologists here have been trying to get an eye-in-the-sky project off the ground that would use airborne cameras and thermal imaging detectors to map at risk trees, long before symptoms are… Audio
Honey, I shrunk the lab
A lab-on-a-chip developed at the University of Canterbury is allowing biologists to measure the minute force generated by a single fungal thread. Video, Audio
Kauri dieback and how microbes sense the world
Microbes, such as the fungi-like kauri dieback disease, use chemicals to sense their world - and understanding this might help us to develop new treatments. Video, Audio
Kauri Dieback Disease
While scientists try to understand kauri dieback disease and its effects, people have to take precautions to prevent it spreading. Audio