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  • Supporting sustainable weed control innovations
    Weeds, 08 May 2023
    Supporting sustainable weed control innovations

    There are clear economic benefits from adopting innovative weed control strategies that were specifically designed for southern farming systems with high-frequency use of break crops

  • Crop competition can reduce weed burden and increase yields
    Weeds, 04 May 2023
    Crop competition can reduce weed burden and increase yields

    Six years of research indicates increasing crop competition by using narrower row spacing and/or increasing crop density has great potential to reduce both weed pressure and herbicide use.

  • Ground-breaking research set to establish better ryegrass management for Aussie grain farms
    , 03 May 2023
    Ground-breaking research set to establish better ryegrass management for Aussie grain farms

    Researchers have made a scientific breakthrough which could significantly advance understanding herbicide resistance in ryegrass, with the new information set to help combat the weed for Australian grain growers.

  • Northern summers no longer too hot for germinating annual ryegrass
    Weeds, 03 May 2023
    Northern summers no longer too hot for germinating annual ryegrass

    Professor Bhagirath Chauhan from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation has recently confirmed that annual ryegrass is germinating in summer in the northern region.

  • Research investigates weed control in high standing stubble
    Weeds, 21 Apr 2023
    Research investigates weed control in high standing stubble

    Weed control strategies that will ensure growers are successful when implementing a stubble-retaining strip and disc system in wheat have been identified for Western Australia’s northern agricultural region.

  • Survey prompts fresh call to use multiple weed management tactics
    Weeds, 14 Apr 2023
    Survey prompts fresh call to use multiple weed management tactics

    Annual ryegrass populations across Australia have developed resistance to a wider range of herbicides, sparking fresh calls for growers to use a wider range of weed management tactics

  • Smart thinking needed to mop up annual ryegrass blowouts
    Weeds, 13 Apr 2023
    Smart thinking needed to mop up annual ryegrass blowouts

    A weeds management specialist says focused attention on a diverse array of weeds management tactics over multiple years is critical for reducing the annual ryegrass population in crops

  • How does soil amelioration affect weed management?
    Weeds, 30 Mar 2023
    How does soil amelioration affect weed management?

    Strategic deep tillage through deep ripping, deep soil mixing and soil inversion has brought productivity gains to Western Australian farming systems but may necessitate a change in weed management and herbicide use. A team of researchers from DPIRD is working on solutions.

  • Area-wide management the right fix in landscapes with mixed uses
    Weeds, 23 Mar 2023
    Area-wide management the right fix in landscapes with mixed uses

    Grain grown alongside other agricultural production systems – such as irrigated cotton and horticulture – presents new challenges for managing mobile weeds

  • Collaborations – key for oat weed management tools
    Weeds, 25 Jan 2023
    Collaborations – key for oat weed management tools

    Oat production in Australia has been constrained partly due to the lack of weed management tools. This is because oats have been considered a minor crop, by many of the chemical registrants due to the relatively small area of production. Making the registration of crop protection chemicals for pest, disease and weed control more challenging. But collaboration amongst agencies is providing much needed impetus and the situation is improving with the release of imidazoline-tolerant oats and the registration of Nufarm TriflurX® and, potentially, prosulfurocarb.

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