CSIRO Targets Invasive Weeds With Natural Enemies

CSIRO Targets Invasive Weeds With Natural Enemies
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Jon Falkenmire spent his final years trying to clear African boxthorn from his Manilla property near Tamworth in New South Wales (NSW).

The 77-year-old would spend a day or more a month cutting the dense thorny weed from the outside in, before climbing underneath to remove the aggressive invader from the ground.