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Economic losses and costs associated with weeds in dryland cotton production areimportant, both for growers and for …-eastern Australia. The annual economic costsassociated with weeds were estimated to be $41 million, and the on-farm financialcosts were … $25 million. While these are past (sunk) costs, and based on a totalremoval of weeds, the approach outlined here can be …
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The detectability of invasive organisms influences the feasibility of eradicating an infestation. Search theory offers a framework for defining and measuring detectability, taking account of searcher ability, biological factors and the search environment. In this paper, search theory concepts...
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The issue of insecticide resistance to Helicoverpa insects is of increasing concern to the Australian cotton industry. In this paper we begin to consider this issue using bioeconomic modelling and analysis. We develop management strategies at the farm level within an integrated resistance...
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Six Eurasian species of Carduus thistles (Compositae: Cynareael are troublesome weeds in North America. They are …
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Weeds have many adverse impacts on agriculture and the environment and therefore are often targets of eradication …
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Economic evaluations of the benefits of integrated weed management often only consider the benefits of management in the crop phase, and ignore the impact of rotational options. In particular, non-crop phases such as annual and perennial pasture phases can have a substantial impact upon weed...
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Striga is an obligate parasitic weed attacking cereal crops in Subsaharan Africa. In Western Kenya, it is identified by farmers as their major pest problem in maize. A new technology, consisting of seed coating of herbicide tolerant maize varieties, has prove to be very effective in farmer...
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This study examined adoption of ten best management practices (BMPs) to control weed resistance to herbicides. Using data from a survey of 1,205 U.S. cotton, corn, and soybean growers, count data models were estimated to explain the total number of practices frequently adopted. Ordered probit...
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Invasions by non-indigenous plant species pose serious economic threats to Australian agricultural industries. When an invasion is discovered a decision has to be made as to whether to attempt to eradicate it, contain it or do nothing. These decisions should be based on long term benefits and...
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This paper investigates preferences for various environment-friendly production system for carrots using discretechoice multi-attribute stated-preference data amongst buyers and explore the effect of collective reputations from growers of an Alpine valley known to be completely dedicated to...
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