Geoff
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Geoff Seavers
IACR-Long Ashton Research Station
Department of Agricultural Sciences
University of Bristol
Long Ashton
Bristol
BS18 9AF
Email Address : geoff.seavers@bbsrc.ac.uk
Telephone : (+44) (0)1275 392181
Fax : (+44) (0)1275 394007
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>Interesting excerpts on weed resistance and management. IMO, we need to
>use a variety of approaches for weed control.
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>I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using animals for weed
>control. I saw a poster at the ASA meeting a couple years ago, on
>aversive training of sheep to avoid eating christmas trees. The sheep
>were then used to control weeds among christmas trees. Also, sheep and
>goats can be used to control leafy spurge, especially if they have been
>raised on the weed. IMO, use of trained animals is a powerful and
>generalizable, but underexploited approach to weed control. I will send
>an abstract of a proposal I started to write on this subject if anyone
>is interested.
>
>Dale
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