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.
Episodes
137 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
Testing water quality for effective spray application
In this interview we chat with AHRI Research Officer Roberto Lujan Rocha about the survey work he has conducted on the quality of water sourced on farm for spray application. This project is a collaboration between University of We...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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14:18
How scientists are studying summer weeds to predict and mitigate future resistance
As reliance on pre-emergent herbicides for both broadleaf and grass species is increasing, it’s essential to understand the dynamics of weed-herbicide interactions in the field. Dr Mahima Krishnan and her colleagues from University ...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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18:09
Cinmethylin couldn't be broken, but diversity is key to keeping it that way
On this episode of AHRI Snapshots, we’re catching up with former AHRI master’s student Geide Figueiredo (also known as JD) who worked alongside AHRI researcher Roberto Busi to try and break the herbicide cinmethylin, commercially known as Luxim...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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9:32
Dr Aimone Porri talks on AHRI collaboration and his recent work on PPO mutations
In this interview, AHRI's Jessica Strauss chats with Dr Aimone Porri, who is the Laboratory Head for Herbicide Target and Weed Resistance Research at BASF, based in Germany. Aimone's work spans across several fields in the weeds resistance rese...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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14:23
The benefits of 3D mapping soil moisture
In our first episode back for AHRI Snapshots this year, we chat with Dr Hira Shaukat, who previously was an AHRI PhD candidate. Hira worked on 3D mapping of soil moisture throughout her PhD. Part of her work involved looking at ho...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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14:49
Professor Steve Duke talks on upcoming Herbicide Discovery and Development conference
This month on the podcast, we’re going to be finding out about the upcoming Herbicide Discovery and Development Conference, which is happening from January 18 to 20, 2023 at Curtin University. Due to g...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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14:54
Incoming Director Ken Flower shares his vision for AHRI
On AHRI Snapshots this month, we have an exciting episode, as we catch up with AHRI’s incoming Director, Associate Professor Ken Flower. Ken would be familiar to listeners as he’s been involved in AHRI projects for several years, co...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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13:39
Don't stop thinkin' bout tomorrow when it comes to weeds, disease and insect control
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow is the theme of the upcoming Crop Protection Forum in Wagga Wagga next month.In this AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with event organiser, Dr Lizzy Lowe, who is the Senior Extension Scientist for
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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6:47
Why highly glyphosate resistant plants can’t compete
In this AHRI Snapshots we catch up with Dr Martin Vila-Aiub, who was co-author on a recent publication that our latest AHRI insight covers. It’s al...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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12:41
Velocity® resistant wild radish confirmed
AHRI’s Dr Roberto Busi talks about his finding of velocity resistant wild radish in this podcast. It’s not great news for growers – but knowledge is power. At the end of 2019, Roberto Busi started a new
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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16:21
The future of LiDAR in detecting weeds at harvest
In this episode, we're catching up with former AHRI PhD candidate, Nooshin Shahbazi, who is officially now a doctor, after her successful PhD completion. Nooshin’s thesis is entitled “Use of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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9:01
Dr Mechelle Owen shares preliminary results from latest random resistance survey
AHRI's Dr Mechelle Owen has been collating data from the 2020 random resistance survey. This is part of a national project, with investment from GRDC.Mechelle has been conducting these random surveys for a number of years and so she sha...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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9:08
AHRI Director Hugh Beckie reflects on achievements ahead of retirement
On this edition of AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with Professor Hugh Beckie, for the final time! Hugh is retiring from the role of AHRI Director at the end of this month. Hugh has has worked in the field of herbicide resistance for mo...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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11:27
Reduced cinmethylin sensitivity identified in annual ryegrass in lab
In this episode of AHRI Snapshots, we’re catching up with AHRI’s Dr Danica Goggin about her latest paper which looks at cinmethylin metabolism in annual ryegrass. Cinmethylin is a relatively new pre-emergent herbicide to Australian ...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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5:35
What is the relationship between developing herbicide resistance, seed size and seed dormancy?
In this interview, we catch up with AHRI Senior Agronomy Researcher, Roberto Lujan Rocha to talk about his latest publication he worked on with Aniruddha Maity, who briefly worked at AHRI just before the pandemic. This study, entitled <...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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9:25
First case of glyphosate & paraquat resistant annual ryegrass found in WA crop field
For the first time in Western Australia, annual ryegrass from a cropped paddock was found to be resistant to glyphosate and paraquat (among other modes of action).AHRI Senior Research Fellow Dr Roberto Busi joins us on the podcast today ...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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9:24
Dr Qin Yu's team discovers naturally evolving point mutation which confers resistance to Glufosinate in goosegrass
Glufosinate is an important and widely used non-selective herbicide active on a wide range of plant species. Resistance evolution to glufosinate in weedy plant species, including the global weed Eleusine indica, commonly known as go...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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9:01
AHRI Director Hugh Beckie reflects on 2021
This is the last AHRI Snapshots for 2021! What a year it has been. In this episode we’re catching up with AHRI Director, Hugh Beckie to go over the highlights from AHRI this year.We’ll also get an update on what the plans are for AHRI i...
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Season 6
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Episode 116
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15:58
AHRI's getting a new website!
We've got exciting news! AHRI is getting a new website next week!AHRI Communications Officer, Jessica Scholle joins me on the podcast today to chat about this new development and we also give a broader communications update on AHRI....
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Season 6
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Episode 115
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8:40
New soil moisture mapping technique proves to be more efficient and accurate
In this interview, we’re catching up with PhD candidate, Hira Shaukat. Hira’s first paper has just been published in the Agriculture Water Management Journal. It’s entitled “Quasi-3D mapping of soil moisture in agricultural fields using...
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Season 6
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Episode 114
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9:26
