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Tree health publications
Research on eucalypt health has to date focused predominantly on browsing insect pests, specifically Paropsis charybdis (the eucalypt tortoise beetle) and Paropsisterna cloelia (the eucalypt variegated beetle). NZDFI research is led by Associate Professor Steve Pawson, University of Canterbury School of Forestry. NZDFI also collaborates with specialists at Scion led by Dr Toni Withers.
Technical Reports
The following technical reports were produced as part of Forest Growers Research Specialty Wood Products Research Partnership (SWP).
2022
Eucalyptus resistance to paropsine beetles (Mann and Pawson, SWP T140)
Assessing paropsine damage on Eucalyptus trees with remote sensing (Mann, Morgenroth, Xu and Pawson, SWP T153 )
2020
Eucalyptus resistance to paropsine beetles (Mann and Pawson, SWP T118)
2019
Susceptibility of Eucalyptus bosistoana families to EVB defoliation (Murray and McConnochie, SWP T078)
2018
NZDFI biosecurity risk management plan (Murray, SWP T051)
Developing GC methods for analysing the foliar chemistry of durable eucalypts: a potential pest-tolerance screening tool (Murray et a, SWP T052l)
Peer-reviewed and other publications
Pawson, Steve (2023) Pests and Diseases of Eucalypus macrorhyncha. Report prepared for NZDFI by the University of Canterbury School of Forestry.
Weser, Carolin, Pawson, Steve and Withers, Toni (2022). Have you seen this beetle? Tracking the spread of the Eucalyptus variegated beetle. NZ Tree Grower November 2022. Pages 34-35
Weser, C., T. M. Withers and S. M. Pawson. In prep. “Potential pest impacts of Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål) (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae): a comparison of its biology and ecology to Paropsis charybdis”. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science submitted
Lin, H., Murray, T.J. and Mason, E.G. (2017). “Incidence of and defoliation by a newly introduced pest, Paropsisterna variicollis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), on eleven durable Eucalyptus species in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.” New Zealand Plant Protection 70, 45-51 (2017). http://journal.nzpps.org/index.php/nzpp/article/view/26
PhD theses
Lin, H (2017) Risk and impact of insect herbivores on the development of dryland eucalyptus forestry in New Zealand. PhD thesis, University of Canterbury. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/15646 http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/3283
Mann, L (2023) Quantifying variation in paropsine defoliation within Eucalyptus. PhD thesis, University of Canterbury. https://hdl.handle.net/10092/106518 https://doi.org/10.26021/15159