PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds
SELECTED REFERENCES
Weeds in Australia www.weeds.gov.au/
(official website of the Dept of Forests and Fisheries), eg
Alert List for Environmental Weeds and Weed Management
Guide
Australian Weeds Strategy, Strategic Plans
Potential Environmental Weeds in Australia : Candidate
Species for Preventative Control
Weeds Australia www.weeds.org.au/
(this website is run by a consultant on behalf of the
Commonwealth Government and mostly relates to WONS
weeds but includes other weeds related matters in detail), eg
Australian Weeds Committee
Best Practice Manuals
National Weed Strategy
CRC for AWM (avail online)
Glyphosate sustainability working group
Herbicides: guidelines for use in and around water (2005)
Riparian weeds
Killing us softly - Australia's green stalkers – 2020 vision
BRS (advisory) www.daff.gov.au/brs/land/weeds eg
A field manual for surveying and mapping nationally
significant weeds
Current practice in applying CLIMATE for weed risk
assessment in Australia
Development of a manual for mapping Weeds of National
Significance
Managing green waste to reduce weed spread - for home
gardeners
Managing green waste to reduce weed spread - for local
councils
Some priority agricultural sleeper weeds for eradication
Science for Decision Makers: Managing the Menace of
Agricultural Sleeper Weeds
GRDC Weedlinks www.grdc.com.au/
CSIRO Australia www.csiro.au/science/InvasivePlants.html
Environment www.environment.gov.au
Weed Societies (Australian and state). avail online
Council of Australasian Weed Socs. www.caws.org.au/
Global Compendium of Weeds www.hear.org/gcw
Greening Australia www.greeningaustralia.org.au
Nursery Industry Assoc. of Australia (NIAA)
www.niaa.org.au
Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme of Australia
(NIASA) www.ngia.com.au/niasa
Standards Australia www.standards.com.au
Weed Information www.weedinfo.com.au/
Fact Sheets by State/Territory Depts. of Primary
Industries/Councils etc are available online, eg
Hormone herbicide injury, woody weeds
Specific weeds – identification & control
Weed Control Handbooks
Grow Me Instead
Specific Weeds - Identification
Ute & Field & Pocket Guides, eg
TOPCROP www.nre.vic.gov.au/farming/topcrop
WEEDeck National Pocket Guides (Sainty & Associates)
The Ute Guide – The Northern Grain Belt.
Keys www.lucidcentral.com/
Ausgrass
Blackberry: An Identification Tool to Introduced and
Native Rubus in Australia
Crop Weeds of Australia (educational version)
Declared Plants of Australia
Environmental Weeds of Australia
Families of Flowering Plants of Australia
International Environmental Weed Foundation - Keys to
Local Area Weeds
Key to Common Suburban Weeds
Key to Species of Weeds in Turf
Seed Identification Key
Species of Weeds in Turf
Suburban and Environmental Weeds of South East
Queensland v1 and v2.
Weed Biocontrol
Weeds of National Significance
A Lucid Key to Common weeds of New Zealand
Weed Management in Woody Cut Flower Plantations
www.uq.edu.au/lcafs/documents/plantationweeds.pdf
Training Courses & Resources
National Competencies for Weed Management
www.weeds.org.au/training.htm
CRC for AWM (avail online)
Australian Weed Management:Biocontrol
Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
Weed and Plant Collection Manual
Introductory Weed Management Manual
Integrated Weed Control Manual
Weed Collectors Manual: Collect, prepare and
preserve weed specimens
Various school resources (Misbehaving plants,
Ghastly Guests, Weed Wipeout)
Bushfriendly Gardens
What does your garden grow? (Australian Weed
Management 2007 for the Nursery Industry).
Also Post grad scholarship
GRDC Weedlinks www.grdc.com.au/ follow links to
events and publications, education, training
TAFES, Universities
Weedbuster Week www.weedbusterweek.info.au
Biological control/Organic standards/IPM
AS 6000—2009. Organic and Biodynamic Products
www.standards.org.au/
CSIRO. Managing Invasive Plants
www.csiro.au/science/InvasivePlants.html
Integrated Plant Protection Center www.ipmnet.org/
Organic Federation of Australia www.ofa.org.au/
Davies, G., Turner, B. and Bond, B. 2008. Weed
Management for Organic Farmers, Growers and
Smallholders : A Complete Guide. Crowood Press, UK.
Quarantine
Commonwealth quarantine www.daff.gov.au/aqis
PaDIL - Pests and Diseases Image Library of diagnostic
photographs and information on more than 1000
pests and more than 100 diseases
www.padil.gov,au
Target lists of weeds, insects, plant and animal pests and
diseases. www.daff.gov.au and search for target lists
State websites have information on quarantine restrictions
for their states
Lucid keys of DIRECT Relevance to Quarantine, Plant
Health and Invasive Species
Herbicides
Pubcris. APVMA. Canberra www.apvma.gov.au
Infopest, Qld www.dpi.qld.gov.au/infopest
Croplife Australia www.cropelifeaustralia.org.au/
MSDS www.msds.com.au/
Company websites provide label and MSDS information
Kondinin Group : Field Crop Herbicide Guide
www.kondinin.com.au/
HerbiGuide www.herbiguide.com.au/
GRDC www.grdc.com.au/
WA Herbicide Resistance Initiative (WAHRI)
http://wahri.uwa.edu.au/
International Survey of Herbicide Resistant weeds
www.weedscience.org/In.asp
Regional Herbicide Guides for particular crops
Ainsworth, N. and Bowcher, A. 2005. Herbicide
Guidelines for Use In and Around Water. CRC for
Australian Weed Management. avail online.
Preston, C. et al. 2010, Room for Improvement in
Herbicide Management. GRDC. Jan-Feb.
General
Adler, M., Adland Horticultural and Stephens, R. 2001.
The Facts on Hazardous Plants. The Nursery Papers
2001/14.
Ainsworth, N. and Ede, F. J. 2005. Understanding and
Managing Weed Effects on Establishment of Native
Tree Seedlings in Riparian Zones. Procs. of the 2 nd Vic.
Weed Conf. Weed Soc. of Vic, Melbourne pp 52-54.
Armitage, A. M. and Laushman, J. M. 2003. Specialty Cut
Flowers: The Production of Annuals, Perennials,
Bulbs, and Woody Plants for Fresh and Dried Cut
Flowers. 2 nd ed. Timber Press, Portland.
Auld, B. A. and Medd, R. W. 1986. Weeds : An Illustrated
Botanical Guide to the Weeds of Australia. Inkata
Press, Melbourne.
Barker, et al. 2006. Weeds of the Future: Threats to
Australia’s Grazing Industry by Garden Plants. Meat &
Livestock Australia/CRC WMS. avail. online
Blood, K. 1999. Future and Expanding Weeds. Plant
Protection Quarterly Vol.14(3).
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