Ryegrass is adapting to growers' increasing reliance on pre-emergents

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Updated February 26 2021 - 8:39am, first published 6:00am
A ryegrass 'sparkler', a knockdown survivor who gets through the crop phase to set seed. The University of Adelaide's Dr Chris Preston said we are partly seeing this happen because ryegrass is adapting to growers' use of pre-emergent herbicides.
A ryegrass 'sparkler', a knockdown survivor who gets through the crop phase to set seed. The University of Adelaide's Dr Chris Preston said we are partly seeing this happen because ryegrass is adapting to growers' use of pre-emergent herbicides.

Ryegrass is one of the most adaptive weeds farmers do battle with and not only when it comes to glyphosate resistance.

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Olivia Calver

Journalist

Journalist for The Land

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