Australia records its 3rd Glyphosate-resistant weed!

Leading weed scientists are urgently appealing to Australia's farmers to switch to an integrated weed management (IWM) system as the country records its third glyphosate-resistant weed.

Dr Chris Preston and Dr Peter Boutsalis, researchers from the CRC for Australian Weed Management (Weeds CRC), the University of Adelaide and national Glyphosate Sustainability Working Group (GSWG) today confirmed that a population of liverseed grass (Urochloa panicoides) from summer fallows in New South Wales has become resistant to glyphosate (eg Roundup), the most valuable herbicide in Australian agricultural systems.

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