Institution

Title in Brief

Programme

Facilitating market access

Landcare Research

Revision of the genus Rhizoglyphus in NZ and Australia

4.1

FMA

120

96,750

ESR

Indication and extablishment of the levels of food safety pathogens on fresh produce in NZ and intended for export

4.2

FMA

128

118,125

ESR

Consumer/health component of a quantitative risk assessment of Salmonella in sheep meat produced in NZ

4.3

FMA

129

101,452

HortResearch

Methyl Bromide Alternatives

4.4

FMA

131

14,207

Animal Welfare

AgResearch

Effect of level of shepherding on ewe and lamb death rate between scanning and weaning

8.1

FMA

121

35,663

Massey University

Dairy calf welfare and performance

8.2

FMA

122

41,285

AgResearch

Behavioural and physiological requirements of sheep for shade

8.3

FMA

123

54,027

AgResearch

Neonatal mortality in Wiltshire, Dorper and Damara sheep and their crosses, with woolled breeds

8.4

FMA

124

21,400

Massey University

Effects of age on pain sensation following castration in lambs

8.5

FMA

125

27,900

Ag Research

Welfare quidelines for low-chemical pastoral farming

8.6

FMA

126

48,836

WRONZ

Evaluation of devices for monitoring stock truck microclimates

8.7

FMA

127

50,000

Facilitating resource management

Lincoln University

Reassessment of the stock unit system

7.1

FRM

220

49,896

Lincoln University

The role of productive land-use in biodiversity conservation

7.2

FRM

221

76,438

Jaakko Poyroy Ltd

Evaluation of whether yield tables are needed for small-scale forest owners including farm forestry

7.3

FRM

222

45,000

Forest Research

Welfare impacts of vertebrate poisons

7.4

FRM

225

31,370

ESR

Quality contamination of groudwater

7.5

FRM

226

56,250

Landcare Research

Developing silvicultural quidelines for the sustainable management of indigenous forests on private land

7.6

FRM

227

55,462

Landcare Research

Low impact eco-silviculture

7.7

FMA

228

48,600

Forest Research

Developing management quidelines for pinhole borer in beech forests

7.8

FMA

229

16,875

Promoting industry and rural community performance

Agribusiness Group

Voluntary contribution to rural emergency services

6.1

ICP

420

30,938

Maintaining biosecurity

Crop & Food

Investigating green-grafting as a technique for detecting viral infection in imported grapevine stock

5.1

MBS

320

46,739

Landcare Research

Distribution of saprophytic fungi in NZ

5.2

MBS

321

30,229

Crop & Food

Optimising nucleic acid extraction from plants for pathogen testing

5.3

MBS

322

49,680

Auckland University

Genetic detection of plant viruses

5.4

MBS

323

108,000

Agriquality

Differential diagnosis for mouth and feet lesions in NZ

5.5

MBS

324

23,265

Auckland University

Contingent valuation of urban tree condition and quatity

5.6

MBS

325

46,125

Hort+Research

Development of a synthetic pheromone for use in the gum leaf skeletoniser eredication programme

5.7

MBS

326

37,217

Massey University

Enhancement of national animal health surveillance through capture of veterinary clinical data to define disease incidence in farm animals (2002/2003)

5.8

MBS

327

73,125

Agresearch

Interisland livestock movements and traceability

5.9

MBS

328

33,496

Agriquality

Contact rates for livestock

5.10

MBS

329

125,550

Possum biocontrol / Tb Control

Melbourne University

Blocking embryonic development in brushtail possums

3.1.1

PBC

251

332,966

AgResearch

Control of reproduction in possums by targetting the oocyte specific growth factors GDF-9, and GDF-9B

3.1.2

PBC

254

98,320

AgResearch

Controlled oestrus and synchronised breeding in possums to facilitate the testing of new biocontrol agents.

3.1.3

PBC

255

117,000

AgResearch

Transgenic worms for the Control of possums

3.2.1

PBC

257

122,100

AgResearch

Viruses for biological control

3.3.1

PBC

252

141,650

AgResearch

Improved diagnostic tests & vaccines for the control of bovine tuberculosis

3.4.1

PBC

258

784,875

AgResearch

Oral delivery of bioactives for possums

3.4.2

PBC

256

146,150

Other Funding Approvals

Hort Research

Varroa control approaches

9.1

VAR

505

292,319

Crop & Food

Towards sustainable control of Varroa Mite

9.2

VAR

015

43,200