Technical highlights - Department of Primary Industries ...

Contents
Part 1 Integrated weed management 3
1. Understanding grader grass (Themeda quadrivalvis) ecology for improved management 3
2. Integrated management of bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) in northern Queensland 6
3. Ecology of Captain Cook tree (Cascabela thevetia) in northern Queensland 8
4. Weed seed dynamics 11
5. Controlling calotrope (Calotropis procera) in northern Australia 12
6. Herbicide application research 14
7. Evaluating the effectiveness of the EZ‑Ject herbicide lance 17
8. Biological control of bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) 19
9. Biological control of parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) 21
10. Biological control of prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica ssp. indica) 24
11. Biological control of Hudson pear (Cylindropuntia rosea) 27
12. Biological control of mother‑of‑millions (Bryophyllum spp.) 28
Part 2 Landscape protection and restoration 29
13. Biological control of cat’s claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati) 29
14. Biological control of Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia) 31
15. Biological control of lantana (Lantana camara) 33
16. Biological control of mikania vine (Mikania micrantha) in Papua New Guinea and Fiji 35
18. Ecology and control of national weed eradication targets 39
19. Class 1 weed control packages 42
20. Mimosa pigra research 44
21. Ecology and control of wet tropics weeds 45
22. Population viability analysis models for better management of lantana (Lantana camara) 48
23. Impacts of environmental weeds on soil processes 51
24. Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) ecology 55