Weeds. An Illustrated Botanical Guide to the Weeds of Australia. 1987. (Reprinted with minor revisions 1992). numerous color photos and black&white line drawings. VIII,255 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

Farmers and graziers contend with many pests and diseases of theircrops, pastures and livestock, but weeds are perhaps the most widespreadand persistent of these problems. Weed control technology has progressedat a formidable rate in recent years with the development of anincreasingly wide range of herbicides and application techniques, andthere have also been major advances in the use of biological control.However, the correct identification of weeds is the starting point indeciding how to control them. This book fills a gap in the Australianweed literature, as it includes all the important species which occurin New South Wales as well as those which occur elsewhere in Australia.