• Heads or tails? An insight into the nature of antibacterial structures of an entomopathogenic bacterium Brevibacillus laterosporus : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University 

  Babar, Tauseef Khan (Lincoln University, 2021)

  Bacterium eating viruses” (phages) are one of the biotic factors that can disrupt the mass production of bacteria through the lysis of the cells during growth. Brevibacillus laterosporus (Laubach) is an entomopathogenic, ...

• Evolution of virulence in a novel family of transmissible mega-plasmids 

  Sitter, Thomas; Vaughan, Amy L.; Schoof, Marion; Jackson, S. A.; Glare, Travis; Cox, M. P.; Fineran, P. C.; Gardner, P. P.; Hurst, M. R. H. (Wiley on behalf of the Society for Applied Microbiology, 2021-09)

  Some Serratia entomophila isolates have been successfully exploited in biopesticides due to their ability to cause amber disease in larvae of the Aotearoa (New Zealand) endemic pasture pest, Costelytra giveni. Anti-feeding ...

• Density dependence and spatial heterogeneity limit the population growth rate of invasive pines at the landscape scale 

  Sprague, Rowan; Hulme, Philip E.; Moltchanova, E.; Godsoe, William (John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos, 2021-10)

  Determining population growth across large scales is difficult because it is often impractical to collect data at large scales and over long timespans. Instead, the growth of a population is often only measured at a small, ...

• Identification of Burkholderia and Penicillium isolates from kauri (Agathis australis) soils that inhibit the mycelial growth of Phytophthora agathidicida 

  Byers, Alexa; Condron, Leo M.; O'Callaghan, M.; Waipara, N.; Black, Amanda (New Zealand Plant Protection Society, 2021-02-07)

  Phytophthora agathidicida is a highly virulent pathogen of kauri (Agathis australis) and the causal agent of dieback disease in New Zealand’s kauri forests. This study aimed to identify microbial isolates isolated from ...

• Comparison of damage assessment methods of coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros): A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science at Lincoln University 

  Asigau, Balanama (Lincoln University, 2021)

  Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), most commonly known as the coconut rhinoceros beetle or CRB, is an invasive pest that affects palms, especially coconut (Cocos nucifera) and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) ...

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