Weed Management Initiative

Project Location
Cummins
Project Manager
Naomi Scholz
Start Date
January 2025
Finish Date
June 2030
Funding Source
GRDC via University of Adelaide
Funding Amount
$100,000
Key People Involved
Chris Preston, Lyndon May

Delivery of one herbicide trial on EP for 2025-2029 (5 trial years) On an annual basis, establish, conduct, analyse and report on field trials as agreed with the Lead Researcher and in line with Project Outputs detailed in the Head Agreement; Provide extension of results from WMI trials to growers within the AIR EP network as agreed with the Lead Researcher.

Evaluating the cost of ARG in lost production sowing wheat with the absence of paraquat relying on knockdowns prior to seeding.

  • Trial site sown at Yallunda Flat by Elders team, Chloe Dubois monitoring the trial. EPAG Research to harvest the trial. In 2025: Evaluating the cost of ARG in lost production sowing wheat with the absence of paraquat relying on knockdowns prior to seeding as timing 1 (T1) followed by 14 days later (T2) The chemistry used is Glyphosate, Glufosinate and new Group 14 such as S3100 from Sumitomo.
  • Trial site visited on the Lower EP Crop Walk held on 2 Sept 2025, presented by Jenna Malone, Peter Boutsalis, Chloe DuBois. 54 people attended.

Yield results will be collated at Roseworthy and Yallunda Flat (Cummins).

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