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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 research space, including working as a Geneticist, Molecular Biologist, and Plant Biologist. At the time of this chat, he was  in Australia visiting AHRI.

Aimone has collaborated with AHRI for several years. We talk about some of the significant work he has done, including , working on pyroxasulfone resistance in ryegrass, as well as work on cinmethylin and multiple herbicide resistant ryegrass.

We also chat about his current work in the weed resistance space, including his current paper on PPO mutations. 

You can follow Aimone on Twitter here. 
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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 how farmers could utilise degraded land affected by salinity. This involved figuring out what soil conditions would be suit the plant Leptospermum nitens. Nectar from this plant is a source of high-value medicinal honey production and can provide income from agriculturally marginal lands.

This is a deviation a bit away from the themes of weed control we usually cover in this podcast, however, looking at farming systems holistically is important. Land not suitable for crops can be a haven for weeds to proliferate, which in turn can end up in the crop. Planting a valuable species like Leptospermum nitens can provide an additional income source, and reduce the land availability for weeds to grow. 

Hira chats to us about her findings, as well as the other applications 3D mapping can provide growers. 
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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 genetic resistance to many of the most used herbicides, the need for new ones is greater than ever.

This conference invites you to be part of the solution!

University of Mississippi Adjunct Research Professor, Steve Duke, will be the keynote speaker on Thursday January 19. He’ll be talking on “Molecular targets of herbicides and insecticides – are there overlaps that can be useful?” He joins us on this podcast to discuss what he'll be presenting on and gives an overview on what to expect from the conference.

You can get your tickets for the conference here. 
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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, contributing his substantial knowledge in no-till and agronomy to the AHRI Agronomy team.
He has a broad farming systems skillset, including in conservation farming and no-till systems, agronomy and cropping systems, precision agriculture, and weed control. 
 Ken’s vision for AHRI is to develop cropping systems with reduced dependence on herbicides for weed control. In this chat, we hear more about Ken’s background and what his plans are as AHRI Director when he formally begins his role in January. 
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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 Cesar Australia. 
This event is held annually, with this year’s partners being The Centre of Crop Disease Management (CCDM), the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI), and The University of Melbourne with support from the GRDC.
Attendees will hear from Australia’s leading experts on insecticide, fungicide, and herbicide resistance at the upcoming Forum, which will be held on the 16th of November, at the Riverina Playhouse theatre in Wagga. 
The latest research in weeds, disease, and insect resistance will be covered through presentations, panels and Q & A.

You can find out more about this event and buy your ticket here. 
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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 all about how highly glyphosate resistant plants can’t compete.

AHRI researchers recently teamed up with Martin, who is based in Argentina and other researchers from Brazil to investigate the combination of crop competition and glyphosate on glyphosate-resistant goosegrass.

Competition alone from Soybeans reduced the growth of plants with the TIPS mutation by 95%, and the addition of glyphosate actually made these plants grow a little better!

You can also read the publication for this work here. 
 
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