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Effects of Alternative Grass Species on Grazing Preference of sheep for White Clover
(Lincoln University, 2008-09-23)
Despite the importance of a high white clover (Trifolium repens) content in temperate pastoral systems in terms of livestock performance and nitrogen fixation, the proportion of white clover in grass-clover pastures is ...
Cultural models of GE agriculture in the United States (Georgia) and New Zealand (Canterbury)
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 2008-07)
The goal of this research was to assess why genetic engineering (GE) agricultural technology was embraced in some industrialized nations (United States) while it evokes extreme concern and aversion in others (New Zealand).
GE ...
Sustainable restoration of mine sites
(Lincoln University, 2009)
A sustainable approach to restoration of the post-mining landscape involves creating conditions where a viable growth medium can be established with the minimal amount of fertiliser inputs over a period of time. Ideally, ...
Effect of physiological and behavioural characteristics of parasitoids on host specificity testing outcomes and the biological control of Paropsis charybdis
(Lincoln University, 2010)
An established host-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid system was used to investigate how the physiological and behavioural characteristics of parasitoids influence the outcomes of laboratory-based host specificity tests. The ...
Predator interactions within a trophic level : Phalangium opilio L. (Arachnida: Opiliones) and mites (Arachnida: Acari)
(Lincoln University, 2000)
This study investigated commensal feeding interactions between the European harvestman (P. opilio L.) and the predatory mites Balaustium spp. and Anystis baccarum L. It also investigated the feeding behaviour of P. opilio. ...
Variability of harvest index in four grain legume species
(Lincoln University, 2001)
Grain legumes have the potential to be high yielding crops in Canterbury. However, like most grain legumes the problem of harvest index (HI) variability in Cicer arietinum, Lens culinaris, Lupinus angustifolius and Pisum ...
Plant parasitic nematodes: the effect of lolines.
(Lincoln University, 2008)
Grass endophytes live their entire life cycle within the aerial portion of the grass host,
with which they form a defensive mutualism. The endophyte which resides
intercellularly within the grass, synthesizes an array ...
Understanding growth and development of lucerne crops (Medicago sativa L.) with contrasting levels of perennial reserves
(Lincoln University, 2006)
This research examined seasonal patterns of growth and development of lucerne crops grown with different levels of crown and taproot reserves in a cool temperate environment. The approach required derivation of explanatory ...
Role of mycorrhizae in rhizosphere processes and phosphorus dynamics
(Lincoln University, 2010-01)
The increased soil organic phosphorus (P) mineralization observed under trees compared to pasture has been attributed to the contrasting mycorrhizal associations of the two systems but to date, little work has been conducted ...
Enhancement of the efficacy of the parasitoid, Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by provision of floral resources to improve biological control of its host, the Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis) (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
(Lincoln University, 2005)
In this study, conservation biological control principles were applied to increase the efficacy of Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis ...