Banish your brassica weeds!

Introducing the Weeds CRC ’s latest publication Managing wild radish and other brassicaceous weeds in Australian cropping systems.

The major outcome of the CRC's agricultural project 2233 Developing and validating best weed management packages for cruciferous weeds, this publication brings together the latest research information on brassicaceous weeds, some of Australia's worst broadleaf crop weeds.

Closely related to a wide range of cultivated vegetables (eg cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli), major brassicaceous weeds include wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum), charlock (Sinapis arvensis) and turnip weed (Rapistrum rugosum).

Prompted by mounting cases of herbicide resistance in brassicaceous weeds, the book is the result of years of research by Dr Aik Cheam
(Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia), Australia’s leading authority on brassicaceous weed management.

Preventing seed-set critical to control

The book reveals that preventing seed-set of surviving weeds is critical to avoid replenishment of the weed seedbank and to prevent the spread of herbicide resistant brassicaceous weeds.

Management tactics are presented within an integrated weed management framework that focuses on the various parts of the weed lifecycle and keeps the pressure on the weed seedbank.

The book will be useful for agronomists, growers, researchers, land managers and their advisors.

Project Team
Aik Cheam (Department of Agriculture & Food WA), Eric Koetz, Andrew Storrie (NSW Department of Primary Industries)

Enquiries/comments
Dr Aik Cheam

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08 9368 3710

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