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Harvest weed seed control in Australia The widespread evolution of multiple herbicide resistance in annual weeds infesting Australian cropping fields has dramatically depleted the available herbicide options and forced investigation into the development of alternative weed control strategies. One approach that is now widely adopted in Australian cropping systems is referred to as harvest weed seed control (HWSC), which targets weed seed during grain harvest to minimize seed inputs to the seedbank. Harvest weed seed control came about because of an opportunity to target weed seeds during crop harvest. Farmers figured out quite quickly how to target weeds with HWSC. Their four main weed species were wild oats, wild radish, bromegrass and annual ryegrass. They all have very high seed retention at crop maturity. >> Learn More…








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