Publication Date
2024
Publisher
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
City
Perth
Abstract
There are various methods of weed control in the pre-sowing phase, including removing weed seed numbers in the soil, fallow, stubble, and by various methods. This factsheet covers some of the methods, including:
• Burning crop residues to reduce the surface seed bank of many weeds
• Encouraging insect predation of seed
• Inversion ploughing to bury weed seeds at a depth they can’t germinate
• Autumn tickle to encourage earlier germination of weed seeds for destruction using a knockdown herbicide
• Delaying sowing to allow greater germination of weed seeds for destruction using a knockdown herbicide or cultivation, prior to crop sowing.
Number of Pages
6
Keywords
weeds, biosecurity, management
Disciplines
Agricultural Education | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Biosecurity
Recommended Citation
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia.
(2024), Reduce crop weed seed numbers in the soil. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_factsheets/7
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