Dr Ben Gooden - Flaxleaf Fleabane Fungus
Episode 1420, Sep 12, 2022, 09:30 PM
Farmers now have a new biocontrol tool to help fight one of Australia's most challenging agricultural weeds, flaxleaf fleabane, which causes grain crop revenue losses of more than $43 million each year.
Researchers from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, are piloting the release of a fungus from Columbia to help farmers tackle the weed.
CSIRO weed ecologist, Dr Ben Gooden, was on the show to tell us more this morning.
Researchers from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, are piloting the release of a fungus from Columbia to help farmers tackle the weed.
CSIRO weed ecologist, Dr Ben Gooden, was on the show to tell us more this morning.