June 4, 2025
Bixlozone resistance – it’s all about what the plant doesn’t do!
At first this research just looks like another resistance mechanism described, but wait, there’s more. This story has a few twists and turns. Some…
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June 4, 2025
At first this research just looks like another resistance mechanism described, but wait, there’s more. This story has a few twists and turns. Some…
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March 26, 2025
Breaking grass dormancy – sandpaper in the cold and dark In my earlier days I prided myself on my punctuality. Always on time, and many…
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December 6, 2024
If you get better at endurance running, chances are you’ll get a bit worse at sprinting. Roberto Busi has won marathons, but I’m pretty sure…
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September 30, 2024
Do you remember that Simpsons episode where Homer gets a job promoting his local bowling alley and he goes from reading “Advanced Marketing” to “Beginning…
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July 22, 2024
If you’ve ever taught a child to ride a bike, and you tell them, “Watch out for that rock”! Guess what happens. Yep, they ride…
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June 19, 2024
“She’ll be right mate, that radish isn’t resistant, it was just the ….” Conditions Spray application Weed size Dud batch of chemical Operator Not enough…
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May 16, 2024
The best way to avoid things that make you fat is to stay away from scales, photos and mirrors. And, if you happen to be…
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April 8, 2024
Can wild radish evade HWSC? Every time I have given a presentation about harvest weed seed control (HWSC), without fail the question has arisen, will…
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November 9, 2023
In 1597 Sir Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” Then a heap of people stole his quote and changed it, like motivational speaker Tony Robbins,…
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October 13, 2023
When I was at university, I was discussing my fourth-year project with a colleague in the corridor telling him that my experiment wasn’t going to…
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