Tag: AHRI

A Trip North (Part I): On the Hunt for Annual Ryegrass Seeds

by Rich, posted in Collaborations in Science, Perth, Australia

This week, I took a two-day trip to the northern portion of Western Australia's wheat belt with Mike Ashworth and Roberto Lujan of the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI). The purpose of the trip was to find and collect annual ryegrass seeds from 15 or so paddocks where farmers are employing alternative weed management practices … Continue reading A Trip North (Part I): On the Hunt for Annual Ryegrass Seeds

Podcast

by Rich, posted in Collaborations in Science, Perth, Australia

This is Jessica Strauss. Jessica is the communications officer for the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) here at UWA. In that role, Jessica is in charge of much of AHRI's on-line and social media outreach to farmers, researchers, and policy makers. Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jessica for a short … Continue reading Podcast

Just another day at the office….

by Rich, posted in Collaborations in Science, Perth, Australia

We've been in Australia for exactly one week. During that time I've managed to get settled into my new office at the University of Western Australia (UWA), gotten to know my Australian colleagues a little better, received my UWA ID card and a UWA email address, and had the UWA IT folks configure my university … Continue reading Just another day at the office….