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WPRC Projects

Projects funded by the WPRC for the Financial Year
2004/2005

Project No. Title Research Provider
00-000 Servicing and Liaising HortResearch
03-005 Characterisation of willow root systems (rollover from 2003-04) EBoP, HBRC and HortResearch
04-001 Poplar and willow breeding programme HortResearch

Projects funded by the WPRC for the Financial Year
2002/2003

Project No. Title Research Provider
00-000 Servicing and Liaising HortResearch
00-003 Updating and accessing information HortResearch
02-004 Mixing willows/poplars with alternative species: developing ideas from the workshop Environment Bay of Plenty
02-005 Production of a diagnostic tool for web-based identification of willow clones in NZ HortResearch & Consultants
02-006 Development of a protocol for Salix rust ID using DNA RAPD techniques HortResearch
03-004 Poplar technical leaflets for the website HortResearch
03-005 Characterisation of willow root systems Environment Bay of Plenty and HortResearch
03-006 Relationships between sawfly damage and environmental factors in the field Hawkes Bay Regional Council and HortResearch

Previously Funded WPRC Projects

Project Year Project
Completed
Output
Nutritive value of Tangoio willow in fodder banks 2001/2002 Report
Towards the integration of conservation plantings into livestock systems 2001/2002 Workshop and report
Poplar and willow phytoremediation of agricultural contaminants for aquifer and water-way protection 2001/2002 Demonstration block established and SFF project initiated
Workshop on riverbank protection plantings: Mixing willows with alternative species 2001/2002 Workshop and summary
Poplar and willow ID workshops 2000/2001 Three workshops
Selection of poplars & willows for drought resistance and high root mass 2000/2001 AGM report and paper
Effect of space planted conservation trees on pastures 1999/2000 AGM report
Willow identification workshops 1999/2000 Two workshops
Willow identification booklet and online key 1999/2000 Both of these are in the Members only Publications area:
PDF Booklet for download
Online Interactive Key
Palatability and chemical composition of poplar and willow bark 1999/2000 AGM report
Collating PMRC publications 1999/2000 Bibliography and hard copy collection
Poplar Bulletin 1999/2000 FRI Bulletin No. 124
Guide to Willow Sawfly 1998/1999 Booklet - View online at:
www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/guides/
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