Working towards biological control for flaxleaf fleabane

AUSTRALIA has an impressive track record with biological control of environmental and pasture weeds. In recent years, there has been a new focus on difficult-to-control weeds, such as flaxleaf fleabane, in grain production systems. Dr Ben Gooden...

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Working towards biological control for flaxleaf fleabane
TARGET... Dr Ben Gooden, weed ecologist at Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, says flaxleaf fleabane was selected as a target for biological control due to its tolerance of and resistance to herbicide controls and its spread through grain growing regions in response to minimum tillage farming practices. PHOTO: GRDC

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