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Local fungus fights invader

Desert Channels Queensland’s latest foray into disseminating cutting edge natural resource management knowledge to the community is giving landholders the opportunity to take part in ground-breaking research in the biological control of Parkinsonia.
Using a naturally occurring fungus, a research team led by Dr Vic Galea from UQ has conducted successful trials in Western Australia and the Northern Territory in 2009. Now, Desert Channels Queensland is working with Dr Galea to deliver five workshops across the west, from north to south, to provide information on how landholders can participate in the latest research to further develop this biological control mechanism for Parkinsonia.
Funded by Meat & Livestock Australia, these free workshops will be coordinated by DCQ’s Ron Beezley, and landholders with infestations of parkinsonia are being invited to participate.
Interested landholders can register for workshops by contacting Ron Beezley (DCQ) on (07) 4658 0600 or ron.beezley@dcq.org.au.