- Title
- Finding needles in a haystack: an investigation of non-destructive method to detect the seeds of Chilean needle grass (Nassella Neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth) in round hay bales
- Creator
- Weller, Sandra; Florentine, Singarayer; Ambrose, Graeme; Grech, Charles; McLaren, David
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/73350
- Identifier
- vital:7063
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-0-646-58670-0
- Abstract
- Preserved fodder is a key component in modern agricultural practice. Hay bales are commonly provisioned for livestock. Unfortunately this is also a significant source of new weed infestations, including those of noxious species. Because hay bales may be of a low absolute value the usual approaches for weed control, for example herbicide treatment, may be expensive to apply and therefore not justified by the expected economic returns for this commodity. The methods of detecting weed seeds in bales that have been employed to date suffer from several deficiencies. These include the inefficiently long time needed for testing, loss of the commodity by overly destructive sampling methods and a serious potential for a lack of ecological representation for the presence of weeds. It is proposed that an alternative method, which is both potentially more rapid and more ecologically representative for detecting the presence of the seeds of noxious weeds in hay bales should be devised.
- Publisher
- National Library of Australia
- Relation
- 18th Australasian Weeds Conference p. 222-240
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Preserved fodder; Nassella neesiana; Weed seed detection; Non-destructive method
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