Margaret Dick
Margaret Dick
Contact
| Phone | +64 7 343 5531 |
|---|---|
| Margaret.Dick@scionresearch.com | |
| Group | Forest Protection |
| Role | Scientist, Task Leader – Forest Protection |
| Category | Key Contacts |
About
Margaret Dick is one of New Zealand’s leading specialists in forest pathology. The experience gained over her 40 year career helps to significantly reduce the impact of diseases on the forest industry. In recent years, Margaret has become heavily involved in the global effort to manage tree diseases caused by phytophthora species.Qualifications
BSc (Botany), Massey University, New Zealand - 1971Research capabilities
- Extensive experience in the diagnosis of disease of plantation trees, particularly pines, eucalypts and acacias.
- Analysis of the risk and threat posed by overseas diseases to plantation forestry in New Zealand.
- Development of tools and capability for rapid recognition and response to incursions
- Phytophthora diseases of trees.
Career highlights
- Member of COST Action on emerging diseases caused by Phytophthora spp. 2008-present.
- Member of team researching nectria flute canker of Pinus radiata and achieving practical ameliorative procedures for forest industry with solution.
- Member of RWG 7 and ongoing collaboration with Australian forest pathologists.
- Member of Kauri Dieback Joint Agency Response Technical Advisory Group.
- Committee to contain Ophiostoma novo-ulmi (causal agent of Dutch elm disease) within its current location.
- Convener IUFRO working group meeting on Phytophthora in forests and natural ecosystems 2010.
Selected papers
Dutch elm disease in New Zealand. Chapter 11 in 'The Elms: Breeding, Conservation and Disease Management' (C.P. Dunn ed.) Peter Gadgil, Lindsay Bulman, Margaret Dick and John Bain Kluwer, Boston, Pp 189-199, 2000
An introduction to the diseases of forest and amenity trees in New Zealand. Forest Research Bulletin 220. Geoff Ridley and Margaret Dick, New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Rotorua 110p, 2001
Leaf spot diseases of eucalypts in New Zealand caused by Pseudocercospora species. Uwe Braun and Margaret Dick, New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 32, 2002
Phytophthora captiosa sp. nov and Phytophthora fallax sp. nov from eucalypt plantations in New Zealand. Margaret Dick, Kiryn Dobbie, David Cooke and Clive Brasier,
Mycological Research 110: 393-404, 2005
Early investigations into the infection courts used by Neonectria fuckeliana to enter Pinus radiata stems. Anna Hopkins, Margaret Dick, Colleen Carlson and Pat Crane,
European Journal of Plant Pathology. 132, 2011