Developing efficient methods for surveying and eradicating agreed emergent weeds, and options

Surveying and eradicating agreed emergent weeds

Sleeper and Alert Weeds

Where will they awaken as climate changes?

This fact sheet summarises the work Dr John K. Scott and his colleagues have completed using computer modelling of both plant characteristics and global climate change to predict how 41 of the nationally recognised ‘environmental alert’ species and agricultural ‘sleeper weeds’ are likely to behave as the effects of human-induced climate change become more apparent. It is now scientifically accepted that Australia’s climate is changing and that these changes will (more)...

Cost-effective surveillance of emerging aquatic weeds using robotic aircraft

In the 2007/2008 Defeating the Weed Menace R&D program, a novel approach to the detection and eradication of emerging aquatic weeds was presented. The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) at the University of Sydney proposed the development of an autonomous weed controller: one that wouldn’t tire, would travel large distances, and wouldn’t mind traversing through difficult to access areas in the hope of detecting and eradicating nasty weeds – (more)...

Exploring agents of change to peri-urban weed management

This project aims to undertake a social research study in the Upper Murrumbidgee catchment, targeting rural lifestyle landowners, to determine the driver to land use change in relation to invasive weeds. The results from this research will provide important input to weed management strategies and aid in the development of efficient methods for surveying and eradicating emergent weeds. The research will primarily follow methods used by Aslin & Mazur in (more)...

Best Practice for On-ground Property Weed Detection

Through phone surveying of landholders and noxious weed officers, this project better identified current weed surveillance levels and practices on farms and ways to improve weed detection. Because of the large area of Australia owned and managed by farmers and graziers, the project has used this information to develop a guide for landholders, on how to look for weeds, get them identified and report them to the relevant authorities.