AHRI Snapshots
AHRI Snapshots is a podcast that provides information on what we do at the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative, as well as finding out what other researchers in weed science are up to around the country and the world. AHRI's researchers work out of the University of Western Australia, right next to the beautiful Swan River in WA's capital, Perth.
Podcasting since 2016 • 137 episodes
AHRI Snapshots
Latest Episodes
Dr Juan Vorster talks about herbicide resistance challenges in South Africa
In this episode of AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with an international guest. Dr Juan Vorster is an Associate Professor in Plant and Soil Sciences from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.Juan is studying herbicide resistance mechani...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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8:50
Hot spot on goosegrass genome is a herbicide resistance generator
In this AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with Principal Research fellow, Dr Qin Yu about her latest paper on glyphosate resistance in goosegrass. This paper was published in Nature Communications in August 2023, which is an impressive a...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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7:52
Hybrid versus open-pollinated canola
Over the last few years, the AHRI agronomy team has done extensive work looking at crop competition in hybrid and open-pollinated canola.Project lead, Dr Mike Ashworth, joins us on this podcast to discuss the findings on ideal seeding r...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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9:43
What do we do with weed genomes?
In this episode, we catch up with visiting Associate Professor Todd Gaines. Todd is from Colorado State University and is currently working from UWA with AHRI. In September, he’ll be at the International Plant and Animal Genome Au...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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21:06
Deep learning can tell the difference between white and blue lupins
Blue lupins are notorious for being difficult to control and plants produce prolific seed banks. Blue lupins are closely related to the domesticated narrow-leaf lupin, also known as the white lupin, so whichever herbicide is survi...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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15:25