Summer weeds survey of South Australian cropping districts

Authors: Ben Fleet, Christopher Preston and Gurjeet Gill

University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine

Funded By: GRDC UA00149

Key Words: summer weeds, survey

Key Messages

• Heliotrope was the most frequent summer weed surveyed
• Frequency ranking of summer weed species varied greatly between districts
• Dry summer fallow conditions in 2014/15 is likely to have reduced summer weed pressure, but not species composition.