Summary of outcomes and recommendations from the First International Weed Control Congress, 17-21 February 1992, Melbourne, Australia. [Conference report]

Combellack, H. . Keith Turnbull Research Inst.; Friesen, G.

Summary of outcomes and recommendations from the First International Weed Control Congress, 17-21 February 1992, Melbourne, Australia. [Conference report]

1992

Combellack, H. (Victorian Dept. of Conservation and Environment, Frankston (Australia). Keith Turnbull Research Inst.) | Friesen, G. (Agriculture Canada, Manitoba. Research Station)

The key outcomes from the Congress included the need for a single definition for a weed; that there is a perceived need to reduce our reliance on herbicides; that complementary weed control tactics are needed for this to be achieved; that new herbicides will be more environmentally benign and that minor crops and uses will be disadvantaged by having reduced choice of product; that biological control is a useful tactic but will not dramatically reduce herbicide use; that biology and ecology studies, including weed crop competition, are not well co-ordinated nor directed and are rarely positively incorporated in practice; that there are too little data on the economic and environmental impact of weeds and weed control practices; that the greatest need is for efficient weed control, on a local basis, for developing nations; and that education and training is inadequate in many countries. Recommendations on processes to address these and other 'outcomes' have been developed.

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