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Mechelle Owen completed a Bachelor of Business Agriculture (Honors) at Curtin University, Muresk Institute in 1995. She worked with the Department of Agriculture on various wheat agronomy projects before joining the Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (WAHRI) in 2001. Her primary research area focuses on the identification and evaluation of herbicide-resistant weed populations in the Western Australian cropping regions. This involves conducting surveys to evaluate the frequency and distribution of herbicide resistance in several crop weeds, including wild oat, ryegrass, brome grass, barley grass, and conyza wild radish. Mechelle's recent projects include monitoring glyphosate resistance in annual ryegrass and studying weed seed contamination in farmer-saved crop seeds. She has secured funding from the Grains Research Development Corporation to establish the frequency distribution of herbicide resistance among major weed species in the WA grain belt. Mechelle speaks English and has actively contributed to research and development in weed management in agriculture.
Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative • Perth, Australia
Conducts research on herbicide-resistant weed populations and agronomy-related projects.
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