An environmental weed risk assessment model for Australian forage improvement programs

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 568-574

  Stone, Lynley M ^a,c,d   Byrne, Margaret ^a,c   Virtue, John G ^b,d  

^a Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^b Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation ^*  (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^d The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental weeds; Weed risk management

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 40449116101     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA07117     Document Type: Review

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