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Farmers concerned as ‘prolific’ weed African lovegrass shows signs of resistance to key herbicide
Farmers in New South Wales have raised concerns as a severely invasive weed show signs of resistance towards a key herbicide, in a nationwide first.
Key points:
- The country’s first instance of herbicide resistance in African lovegrass has been detected
- Only two chemicals are currently used to prevent the weed’s spread in Australia
- Landholders are encouraged to monitor their paddocks and participate in the expanding survey of the weeds
South East Local Land Services investigated 12 populations of African lovegrass from the New South Wales Snowy Monaro region, with results showing five samples tested had become resistant to the herbicide Flupropanate.
Andrew Rolf owns land in central Monaro and said it was scary to see the first signs of…
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