This application for the award of degree of Doctor of Science for work on aspects of soil fertility is divided, for convenience, into six interrelated parts. A summary of the work in each part is presented below together ...

This research investigated the decisions of farmers and growers in relation to the issue of the introduction of gene technology to agricultural production in New Zealand. The main research objective was to determine and ...

The themes for the 2000 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society were Farm and Micro-business, Agribusiness, Environment and Security, and Trade and Food Policy. This discussion ...

Rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and estuaries in urban environments can be a real asset to a city. They can also be depressing because they are no longer what we might call "natural". The main impact of urban development ...

Sixty three fungal isolates, obtained from the local region (Canterbury, New Zealand), were tested for their ability to inhibit mycelial growth and sclerotial production of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using a cabbage petiole ...

This paper looks at the climatology of urban environments and some of the variables that contribute to urban microclimates. In Christchurch there are three primary forms of air pollution, these being from domestic fires, ...

The spider assemblage from four shelterbelts and their adjacent grazed pastures in South Island, New Zealand was suction sampled from August 1994 to July 1995 and from March 1996 to March 1997. Spider density decreased ...

Part of the changing structure of New Zealand agriculture and horticulture includes a move from traditional land uses to new land uses. Not all new land uses, however, become established industries. The research objective ...

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) are usually considered an alpine species in New Zealand, but also occur in forests in areas such as Westland. A postal survey of commercial helicopter-based hunters indicated that chamois are ...