Weed Management Initiative (WMI) West

Increasing changes are happening in agriculture due to advancements in machinery/technology, sensors and data science. AHRI’s WMI west project is working towards identifying projects through the lens of site-specific weed management and looking at the fundamentals such as how weeds evade and survive herbicides and how to maximise the effectiveness of chemical and non-chemical weed control measures.

Sub-projects include:

• Evolutionary dynamics of weed adaptation and resistance where we are modelling opportunities to delay multiple resistance in glyphosate resistant weeds.

• The biochemical, molecular and genetic basis of resistance – investigating the mechanisms of herbicide resistance in key Australian weed species.

• Mitigation and management using novel integrated approaches – investigating the impact and development of herbicide resistance and modelling weed dynamics to inform future management strategies.

• Increase capacity and expertise through collaboration – support Masters and PhD candidates across research teams.

• Extension and communication – utilising AHRI insight and WeedSmart, the WMI western node, delivers research to a broad audience of researchers, agronomists and growers

Responsible for delivery of this project: Professor Ken Flower (Director), Lisa Mayer (Manager), Dr Danica Goggin, Dr Heping Han, Dr Mike Ashworth, Dr Michael Renton, Shane Baxter and Ci Sun.