Weeds are a highly successful component of most Australian ecosystems. They poison and injure livestock, contaminate produce, interfere with the growth and harvesting of crops, and reduce the productivity of pastures. Moreover, weeds restrict access to, and reduce the conservation value of national parks and other natural ecosystems. This classic contemporary text has been fully revised and updated and provides the principles to help you manage such invasive weeds effectively and economically.
The book presents weed management systems from an Australian perspective but has broad international appeal. It discusses the threat that weeds pose and their impact on the economy. It examines the tactics and capabilities that allow weeds to be so successful. All available methods for their control are examined in detail including physical, chemical and biological systems. The question ‘How well have Australians managed to integrate weed control and what is the cost of not doing so?’ is answered. Weed management strategies are devised for cropping systems, pastures, natural ecosystems, vegetables, orchards and vineyards, turfgrass, plantation forests, rangelands and aquatic systems. The implications of herbicide resistance are examined. The book concludes with a discussion of this and other challenges being faced and future directions for weed management, including emerging precision monitoring and automated control systems.

Professor Brian Sindel, BScAgr (Hons), DipEd (Dist), PhD (USyd), is a weed scientist at the University of New England (UNE) in northern New South Wales, Australia, who, together with his students, has led Australian research into the ecology and control of numerous invasive and other weed species. His research experience spans the natural environment, including sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island for 6 years, and many of the rural industries including grains, cotton, horticulture and grazing and livestock enterprises. As part of UNE's commitment to the Future Food Systems Cooperative Research Centre, Brian is currently their Education Director, supporting innovation and growth across the Australian food value chain.
Michael Coleman, BA (UNE), MIA (ANU), is a researcher and research project manager at UNE with over ten years’ experience in weed management research in  Australian pasture, horticultural and essential oil production systems, the social aspects of weed management in diverse rural socio-economic landscapes, and international development research with a focus on South East Asia. With Professor Sindel and other colleagues at UNE, he has developed educational materials for rural lifestyle landholders in Australia, as well as the Australian vegetable industry’s first suite of educational materials detailing the principles and practice of integrated weed management.