Dr Udo Benecke - 1 April 1940 - 15 April 2015

Authors: Alan Nordmeyer
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2015, Issue N.Z.J.For. 60(2) 2015, pp 42, Aug 2015
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

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Abstract: Udo came to New Zealand in 1962 after completing his forestry degree at the University of Aberdeen. His first job with the Forest Service was in the Central North Island working with radiata pine. Later he moved to the Forest Research Institute in Rangiora and worked on vegetation/catchment surveys from 1963 to 1967. Outside the surveys he developed his own research fields which involved studies of: • The spread of contorta pine and its control by pasture improvement and intensity of sheep grazing • The growth of mycorrhizas on contorta pine planted on eroded sub-soil • The phenology of pines and mountain beech planted at four elevations in the Craigieburn Range • A large provenance trial involving seedling conifers and beech growing in containers at the timberline and at Rangiora to determine which origins were best for use on eroded soils.

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