{"id":142275,"date":"2016-04-19T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T03:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=142275"},"modified":"2020-10-18T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T05:25:28","slug":"13m-project-to-target-10-key-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/19\/13m-project-to-target-10-key-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"$13m Project To Target 10 Key Weeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_142320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142320\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160419ratstail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-142320\" title=\"20160419 Giant Rat's Tail grass\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160419ratstail1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160419ratstail1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160419ratstail1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A paddock infested with Giant Rat&#8217;s Tail Grass (Photo: Queensland State Government)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 19, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has announced it will help to fund a $13 million research project that will look for effective biocontrols for 10 of Australia\u2019s most invasive weeds.<\/p>\n<p>A total of $6.2 million will be provided through the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) with the rest of the funding being made up by partners in the four-year project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 10 weeds to be targeted are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.qld.gov.au\/industry\/agriculture\/species\/declared-pests\/weeds\/giant-rats-tail-grass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giant rat\u2019s tail grass<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.qld.gov.au\/industry\/agriculture\/species\/declared-pests\/weeds\/mother-of-millions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother-of-millions<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.qld.gov.au\/industry\/agriculture\/species\/declared-pests\/weeds\/african-boxthorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African boxthorn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.qld.gov.au\/industry\/agriculture\/species\/declared-pests\/weeds\/cabomba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cabomba<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.qld.gov.au\/industry\/agriculture\/species\/declared-pests\/weeds\/prickly-acacia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prickly acacia<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeds.org.au\/cgi-bin\/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&amp;state=&amp;s=&amp;ibra=all&amp;card=W13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sagittaria<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeds.org.au\/cgi-bin\/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&amp;state=&amp;s=&amp;ibra=all&amp;card=H42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silverleaf nightshade<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeds.org.au\/cgi-bin\/weedident.cgi%3Ftpl%3Dplant.tpl%26state%3D%26s%3D%26ibra%3Dall%26card%3DH96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleabane<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeds.org.au\/cgi-bin\/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&amp;state=&amp;s=&amp;ibra=all&amp;card=H73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sowthistle<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeds.org.au\/cgi-bin\/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&amp;state=&amp;s=&amp;ibra=all&amp;card=H50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ox-eye daisy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The target weeds were selected after consultation with industry and farmer groups.<\/p>\n<p>Several of these are weeds of significance in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>RIRDC acting managing director Christine Quick said managing the threats that weeds posed to soil, water and natural resources was a key challenge to Australia\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese weeds impact vast areas of agricultural and pastoral lands and their significant impacts conservatively cost Australia around $400 million each year,\u201d Mrs Quick said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiocontrol is the most cost-effective solution for landscape scale management of these weeds, with historical benefits outweighing R&amp;D costs by over 23:1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiocontrol is a sustainable approach that requires little ongoing investment once biocontrol agents are established, and this will help to enhance Australia\u2019s agricultural competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project partners include the CSIRO, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the GRDC and Seqwater.<\/p>\n<p>Also involved are water and irrigation companies, State primary industry departments, regional councils, local land services and irrigation companies.<\/p>\n<p>RIRDC will be the managing agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has announced it will help to fund a $13 million research project that will look for effective biocontrols for 10 of Australia\u2019s most invasive weeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":142320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>$13m Project To Target 10 Key Weeds - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta 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