This project involved schools and pupils from around New Zealand who have worked with the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research and the University of Otago in discovering mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) variation around our country, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Pupils collected foliage (leaves and twigs) from mānuka in their area and a sample voucher was prepared. Extracts were ...more ↓
This project involved schools and pupils from around New Zealand who have worked with the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research and the University of Otago in discovering mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) variation around our country, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Pupils collected foliage (leaves and twigs) from mānuka in their area and a sample voucher was prepared. Extracts were made to test for herbicidal (weed-killer) activity in a lettuce seedling assay
Seedling growth data, was recorded and sample extracts were analysed in PFR Dunedin laboratories. Collection and result data are recorded and marked here on this map.
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