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Clearing a hurdle for field horsetail weevils
5 May 2020
Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is an ancient, fern-like vascular plant that is one of New Zealand’s worst agricultural weeds. Field horsetail is native to Eurasia and is believed to have been accidentally introduced with iris root stock from Japan in the early 1900s. It was first recorded as es...
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A PhD and new pastures for Hester Williams
5 May 2020
We are delighted to report that Hester Williams has passed her PhD and that her degree is to be conferred in June 2020. Hester joined us at the Lincoln campus in late 2016, where she was based full time until she submitted her dissertation in October last year.
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Welcome Simone Cunha
5 May 2020
We are very pleased to introduce a PhD student from Brazil, Simone Cunha, who has been registered at the University of Canterbury since early 2019. The main aim of Simone’s PhD research is to investigate the impact of the four biocontrol agents that have been released against tradescantia (Tradescan...
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