New Zealand has a major wasp problem.
Over the last century, Common and German wasps invaded and established throughout the country. We have a million hectares of honeydew beech forest where wasps reach the highest densities known anywhere in the world. These wasps exert a major toll on our biodiversity. What should we do about them?
In this free talk Professor Phil Lester will discuss the potential of new gene editing technologies for wasp and pest control. What are the barriers to its use and how safe is gene editing? How far along the track are we towards using it? And would it effectively control wasps if we did genetically modify these pests?
Venue: Alan McDiarmid Lecture Theatre 103 (AM 103), Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.
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Phil Lester has been working on New Zealand’s wasp problem for a long time, find out more in this article, Action needed on NZ’s wasp problem.
