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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Poisonous plants

1965

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A Herbicide For Native Poison Plants, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1965

A Herbicide For Native Poison Plants, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE usual method of killing poison plants is by a programme of ploughing, cropping and burning.

The burning not only destroys a proportion of the plants, but stimulates the germination of dormant seeds, which otherwise would remain in the soil in a viable condition for many years.