Wednesday, August 24, 2022

New fungus to help Australian farmers fight fast-spreading weed

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.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/new-fungus-to-help-australian-farmers-fight-fast-spreading-weed