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Implementation Australian Weeds Strategy (AWS) in New South Wales, Australia
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Mishyna Maryia
Implementation Australian Weeds Strategy (AWS) in New South Wales, Australia
29 Oct.- 15 Nov., 2013
Overseas field training “Implementation Australian Weeds Strategy (AWS) in New South Wales, Australia” was conducted in Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia from 29 October to 15 November 2013. Overseas field training had included visiting Graham Center for Agricultural Innovation, Livingstone National Park, Wagga-Wagga Botanical Garden etc. The training was conducted in an invasive weed ecology/biology/rhizosphere research program for educational purposes. The aim of field training was study of scientific basic of Australian Weed Strategy and screening the phytotoxity of Australian plants.
During the field training had collected and tested of some native and invasive plants had shown a wide range of inhibitory (i.e. Anigozanthos manglesii, Callistemon citrinus) and stimulatory activity (i.e. Araucaria excels, Xanthorrhoea semiplana ). It should be a great potential for future for biopesticides and novel plant growth regulators creation. Field observation and monitoring of invasive plants in Australian desert had shown unsolved problems of invasive plants eradication and their harmful effect on plant biodiversity. As well, extraction and identification of some secondary metabolites (such as naphthoquinones) was conducted in a laboratory. Overseas field training gave me an opportunity to study some novel plant extraction and analyzing methods, which could be useful in my research.
Key words: invasive plants, Australia, biodiversity, allelopathy