Review of emerging weed problems in hill country pastures
Anis Rahman and Ian Popay
A report commissioned by MAF Policy and prepared by Agresearch in conjunction with WeedWise
JULY 2001
Table of Contents
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Introduction
- Weeds in NZ
- History
- Weed research
- Weed control legislation: historical government intervention
- Weed control legislation: current strategies for pest plants
- Future changes to Plant Pest Administration
- Current hill country weeds
- Scientific principles of weed invasion, establishment and spread
- Changing environments and land use trends in New Zealand's hill country
- Tomorrow's weeds
- Future weed management needs
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Appendix A: Plants listed as noxious or as pest plants in 1973, 1993 and 2000
- Appendix B: Pest plants listed in current or proposed Regional Council Strategies
- Appendix C: Questionnaire on future weeds of hill country pastures
- Appendix D: Detailed results of stakeholder survey
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