Vegetable Industry - Integrated Weed Manual
Integrated weed management (IWM) is about combining a series of small management changes to produce a big result. Continually using only one or two methods of weed control, such as herbicides or tillage, can apply evolutionary pressure that encourages the growth of weeds resistant to those methods.
IWM doesn’t require a drastic change in management, but together these integrated practices could add up to a profound difference in the weed burden that growers deal with from year to year.
This project sought to measure and cost-out these types of integrated strategies, with a focus on high priority weeds.
This project was conducted by the University of New England through the Hort Innovation funded project A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15070).
In addition to the manual Case studies on hand weeding and managing weed seed banks were produced.
UNE produced eleven priority weed species guides:
Chenopodium album (fat hen)
Urtica urens (stinging nettle)
Malva parviflora (marshmallow)
Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass or nutsedge)
Portulaca oleracea (pigweed)
Amaranthus spp. (amaranth)
Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish)
Solanum nigrum (blackberry nightshade)
Sonchus oleraceus (milk thistle or sowthistle)
Stellaria media (chickweed)
Galinsoga parviflora (potato weed)
Click here to access the case studies and additional management guides
