Weed Information

• Weedy Facts



• Weeds & People



• Weed Ecology
  • Why are weeds bad?
  
  
  • How do weeds spread?
  
  
  • Why do some weeds grow better than native plants?
  
  
  • Which plants will be our next weeds?

• Weeds & Biodiversity



• Weed Control
  • Physical control
  • Chemical control
  • What is biological control?
  • How long will it take for the biocontrol agents to control the weed? 
  • How successful is biocontrol?
  • Keeping the useful features of weeds
  • How do researchers find and import biocontrol agents?
  • What weeds do we have biocontrol agents for in New Zealand
    
    
• What happens when a weed is controlled?