Beyond Resistance - Nipping Gazania In The Bud with Ali Bajwa & Chris Davey

Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text! As our farming environment changes with our management, so to do the plant populations growing across our landscape. Gazania , a long-term weed within Australia is taking advantage of harsher summers competing well where water is a scarce resource. Ali Bajwa, weed researcher and Senior Lecturer in Weed Science and Agronomy with @LaTrobe university is aiming to nip gazania in the bud with @GRDC research project ( GRDC Code: ULA2402-002RTX) . WeedSmart Extension Agronomist, Chris Davey , introduces the foundation for this GRDC NGN project, putting grower funds to work on preventing gazania from as a hard-to-control weed becoming established in paddock situations. Ali Bajwa describes progress and applicable trial work for managing gazania within broadacre situations, citing prevention is better than the cure. Coordinated approaches between public and private land managers need to be vigilant from letting this 'pretty and hardy garden escapee' from becoming a persistent perennial stealing precious soil water. @A1Bajwa @SABE_LaTrobe and @LaTrobe LinkedIn: Mallee Sustainable Farming: Technical Experts: Deep Dive Review Paper: Learn more about WeedSmart and the Big 6 framework for proven weed management practices by visiting our website . Don't forget to

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This episode was published on May 9, 2025.

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