Technical Highlights: Invasive Plant and Animal Research 2015-16
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Technical highlights Invasive plant and animal research 2015–16 6183 12/15 COVER PHOTO: Releasing Dactylopius tomentosus on Cylindropuntia cactus, Wyandra © State of Queensland, 2016. The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. For more information on this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The Queensland Government shall not be liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. 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Technical highlights Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................. iii Invasive plant research .......................................................................................................................................... iii Pest animal research ............................................................................................................................................. iii Research services .................................................................................................................................................. iv Funding, collaboration and research priorities ....................................................................................................... iv Further information ............................................................................................................................................... iv Part 1: Invasive plant research ....................................................................................1 1. Weed seed dynamics ........................................................................................................................................ 1 2. Best practice management of wet tropics weeds .............................................................................................. 1 3. Biological control of bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) ............................................................................ 2 4. Biological control of prickly acacia (Vachellia nilotica ssp. Indica) ..................................................................... 3 5. Biological control of invasive vines (Dolichandra unguis-cati and Anredera cordifolia) ...................................... 3 6. Biological control of parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) .......................................................................... 4 7. Biological control of Mikania micrantha ............................................................................................................. 5 8. Biocontrol of Cylindropuntia spp. ......................................................................................................................6 9. Biocontrol of Lantana camara ............................................................................................................................6 10. Biocontrol of Chromolaena odorata ................................................................................................................... 7 11. Biological control of parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) .................................................................................... 7 12. Water weed management research ...................................................................................................................8 13. Control and ecology of Stevia ovata ..................................................................................................................9 14. Invasive grass ecology and management ..........................................................................................................9 15. Ecology and management of Chromolaena odorata and Clidemia hirta ..............................................................9 16. Progress reporting and biology of tropical weed eradication targets ............................................................... 10 17. War on western weeds—adaptive management ............................................................................................... 10 18. Herbicide application research ........................................................................................................................11 19. Using molecular approaches to detect the presence of invasive species ...........................................................11 20. Control packages for statewide weed eradication targets ................................................................................ 12 Part 2: Pest animal management............................................................................... 17 21. Impacts of rabbits on vegetation dynamics in southern Queensland ...............................................................17 22. Rabbits in north Queensland ............................................................................................................................17 23. RHD Boost monitoring ......................................................................................................................................17 24. Assessing impact of rabbits on horticulture .................................................................................................... 18 25. Influence of type of harbour (warren vs above ground) on population viability ................................................ 18 26. Adaptive management of peri-urban deer in south-east Queensland ...............................................................19 27. Ecology and management of chital deer in north Queensland ......................................................................... 20 28. Peri-urban wild dog research .......................................................................................................................... 20 Invasive plant and animal research 2015–16 i 29. Cluster fencing evaluation .............................................................................................................................. 21 30. Non-target impacts of 1080 pig baits ............................................................................................................... 22 31. Feral pig movements—individual and population-scale ................................................................................... 22 32. Feral cat ecology and management ................................................................................................................. 23 Part 3: Research services ........................................................................................ 24 33. Chemical registration—providing tools for invasive pest control...................................................................... 24 34. Pest management chemistry ........................................................................................................................... 24 External funding...................................................................................................... 26 Research and development contracts ................................................................................................................... 26 Rural Land Protection Fund ................................................................................................................................... 26 Research staff ..........................................................................................................27 Ecosciences Precinct ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Health and Food Sciences Precinct ....................................................................................................................... 27 Robert Wicks Pest Animal Research Centre ........................................................................................................... 27 Tropical Weeds Research Centre ........................................................................................................................... 27 Centre for Wet Tropics Agriculture (South Johnstone) ............................................................................................ 28 Publications and presentations ................................................................................ 29 Journal articles ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 Conference and workshop proceedings ................................................................................................................ 29 Reports, newsletters, factsheets and theses ........................................................................................................ 30 Print media ..........................................................................................................................................................