Publication Date
30-6-2020
Publisher
DPIRD
City
Perth
Abstract
2019/20 saw the Skeleton Weed Program expand its surveillance and control activities, with financial support from the IFS, specifically:
- Landholder incentives for paddock surveillance were increased and made available for surveillance undertaken on reinfested ‘Code 2’ paddocks. These changes were anticipated to enhance the level of surveillance for skeleton weed, enabling plants to be identified and treated and, therefore, reducing the risk of seed-set and spread.
- The IFS covered the cost of chemical for winter spraying undertaken on heavily infested paddocks. It was anticipated that this would help landholders reduce the level of skeleton weed infestation and, in time, enable the weed to be eradicated from these areas.
Indicators are in place to monitor how these changes help deliver the program’s aim of preventing seed-set and spread. It will take time for any effect to manifest – as we expand our surveillance, we will find more plants. Indeed, 2019/20 saw a significant increase in the area infested by skeleton weed. Nevertheless, now that we know these plants exist, they can be treated and eliminated as a source of weed-spread.
Number of Pages
11
Keywords
skeleton weed program, biosecurity, industry funding scheme, 2019/2020, annual report
Disciplines
Biosecurity
Recommended Citation
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia.
(2020), Skeleton Weed Program 2019/2020: annual report to grain growers. DPIRD, Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_publishedrpts/3
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