Philippa Stevens
Qualifications
BSc, Biological Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand
MSc (Hons), Zoology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Responsibilities
Leading the Science Services Strategic Unit, ensuring high quality science from fee-for-service activities.
Background
2008-2018 General Manager Science, Bioprotection, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand
2003-2008 Group Leader, Bioprotection research, HortResearch, New Zealand
1995-2003 Scientist, HortResearch, New Zealand
1989-1995 Research Associate, HortResearch, New Zealand
Honours & Awards
Best paper award, New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2003
Member of team which won the Prime Ministers Science Prize, 2017
Key Publications
Manktelow D, Stevens P, Walker J, Gurnsey S, Park N, Zabkiewicz J, Teulon D and Rahman A. Trends in Pesticide Use in New Zealand: 2004. Report to the Ministry for the Environment, Project SMF4193.
Suckling, D.M., and Stevens, P.S., (editors) 2000. Managing Urban Weeds and Pests. New Zealand Plant Protection Society.
Stevens, P. S., 1995. Host preferences of Trichogrammatoidea bactrae fumata (Hym.:Trichogrammatidae) an egg parasitoid of leafrollers (Lep.: Tortricidae). Entomophaga 40 (3/4): 379-385
Stevens, P., Froud, K., Jamieson, L., 2002. Effects of adult feeding on longevity and fecundity of Ctenopseustis obliquana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 30: 229-234