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Understorey management for the enhancement of populations of a leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) parasitoid (Dolichogenidea tasmanica (Cameron)) in Canterbury, New Zealand apple orchards
(Lincoln University, 1999)
This study investigated understorey management in Canterbury, New Zealand, apple
orchards for the enhancement of populations of Dolichogenidea tasmanica (Cameron)
(Braconidae) for leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) ...
The impact of selective beech (Nothofagus spp.) harvest on litter-dwelling invertebrates and the process of litter decomposition
(Lincoln University, 1999)
Minimising the potential impact of forest management requires an understanding of the key elements that maintain forest diversity and its role in ecological processes. Invertebrates are the most diverse of all biota and ...
Towards integrated pest management of phythophagous insects in Tasmanian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) plantations in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1999)
Acacia melanoxylon provenance trials were assessed to investigate: (1) The degree to which insect populations influence growth and the change from juvenile to mature foliage. (2) How tree growth rates and overall performance ...
Phenology and damage potential of Whitefringed weevil (Naupactus leucoloma boheman) in the Northern North Island of New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1999)
Whitefringed weevil (Naupactus leucoloma Boheman) populations were monitored over a 36 month period at two sites in dairy pasture in Waikato and Bay of Plenty, northern New Zealand. In each year, at both study sites, larval ...
Soil sulphur mineralization in relation to plant sulphur availability in soils under pastures
(Lincoln University, 1999)
A simultaneous comparative study was conducted in the glasshouse under identical conditions for 20 weeks using three different systems (i.e. open incubation, pots with plants and pots without plants) to evaluate soil sulphur ...
Biology and control of green vegetable bug, Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in process sweet corn, Zea mays (L.) in the East Cape Region, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1999)
Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), the green vegetable bug (GVB) is a serious pest of process sweet corn Zea mays (L.) in the East Cape region of the North Island, New Zealand. In the past seven years the ...
Effect of temperature on development of Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Lolium perenne (L.) (Gramineae: Festucoidae)
(Lincoln University, 1999)
Argentine stem weevil (ASW) Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) is an introduced species that attacks improved graminaceous pasture and crop throughout much of New Zealand. It is recognised as the most important arthropod ...
Factors affecting the establishment, growth and survival of native woody plant communities on the Canterbury Plain, New Zealand: A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 1999)
The native plant communities of Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand have been severely
modified and degraded and the Canterbury Plain (750,000 ha) retains few remnants of its
original forest and other ecosystems. The ...