Centre for Biodiversity & Ecology Research

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science & Engineering

The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Blanchette, R.A.; Held, B.W.; Farrell, R.L. Submitted: Defibration of wood in the expedition huts of Antarctica: an unusual deterioration process occurring in the polar environment. Polar Record.

Kay, S.J.; Ah Chee, A.; Sale, P.O.; Taylor, J.T.; Farrell, R.L. In press: Variation amongst New Zealand Isolates of Sphaeropsis sapinea. European Journal of Forest Pathology.

Vanneste, J.L.; Hill, R.A.; Kay, S.J.; Farrell, R.L.; Holland, P.T. In press: Biological control of sapstain fungi with natural products and biological control agents. Mycological Research on Fungal Diversity.

Aislabie, J.; Fraser, R.; Duncan, S.; Farrell, R.L. 2001: Effects of oil spills on microbial heterotrophs in Antarctic soils. Polar Biology 24:308-313.

Harrington, T.C.; McNew, D.M.; Steimel, J.; Hofstra, D.; Farrell, R.L. 2001: Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Ophiostoma piceae complex and the Dutch Elm disease fungi. Mycologia 93:110-135.

Burnes, T.A.; Blanchette, R.A.; Farrell, R.L. 2000: Bacterial biodegradation of extractives and patterns of bordered pit membrane attack in pinewood. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66 (12): 5201-5205.

Blanchette, R.A.; Held, B.W.; Farrell, R.L.; Duncan, S. 2000: Wood deterioration in the historic huts of Antarctica. Phytopathology 90(6): 7.

White-McDougall, W.J.; Blanchette, R.A.; Farrell, R.L. 1998: Biological control of the stain fungi on Populus tremuloides using selected Ophiostoma isolates. Holzforschung 52 (3): 234-240.

Rocheleau, M.J.; Sithole, B.B.; Allen, L.H.; Iverson, S.; Farrell, R.; Noel, Y. 1998: Fungal treatment of aspen chips for wood resin reduction: a laboratory evaluation. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science 24 (2): 37-42.

Farrell, R.L.; Kay, S.J.; Hadar, E.; Hadar, Y.; Blanchette, R.A.; Harrington, T.C. 1998: Sapstain in New Zealand - the causes and a potential anti-sapstain solution. In: Biology and prevention of Sapstain. Forest Products Society Publication No. 7273.

Forde Kohler, L.J.; Dinus, R.J.; Malcolm, E.W.; Rudie, A.W.; Farrell, R.L.; Brush, T.S. 1997: Improving softwood mechanical pulp properties with Ophiostoma piliferum. Tappi Journal 80(3): 135-140.

Farrell, R.L., Hata, K.; Wall, M.B. 1997: Solving pitch problems in pulp and paper processes by the use of enzymes or fungi. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology Vol. 57: 198-210.

Farrell, R.L.; Viikari, L.; Senior, D. 1996: Section IV: The technology of chemical pulp bleaching, Chapter 7: Enzyme treatments of pulp. Pp 365-377.